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Mise-en-scene The setting of this scene sequence is located in front of the house of Peter and Juliet and the street adjacent to it. The scene portrays an interaction between the characters Mark and Juliet in which Mark reveals his hopeless and forbidden love towards her. Due to the setting being located in a relatively urban area the viewer is shown the whereabouts of where these people live and instantly becomes accustomed to the type of housing visible, the area where this scene takes place is neither poor looking nor particularly wealthy, this infers to the reader that Peter and Juliet are of middle class and helps to further build on their characters by showing their place of living.   As the camera jump cuts between the two characters as Mark pours out his feelings through signs the street behind him is visible. With this scene being based around evening/Night time it is dark outside yet the street that would normally look ominous, due to the lack of other people walking down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSYmshgrTXg  - Our groups collective 2 minute horror movie opening scene

Juno (2007) Mise-en-scene, meaning and camera angles.   Scene 1: “I think it’s best to just tell them” In this scene, the director wants to portray the unavoidably awkward situation that Juno has to face whilst admitting her pregnancy to her farther and step-mother. The director wants the spectator to empathise with Juno and put themselves into the situation of having to admit something so life altering to the family members that are closest to you. The spectator immediately understands and relates to the feeling of being judged due to their actions by those nearest and dearest to them. The setting in this scene is based within the home of Juno and her family, the home is shown to be lived in and loved. This is proved by the amount of child’s drawings and pictures presumably of Juno and her sister as younger children visible throughout the area of the camera shot. The setting of the scene portrays a comfortable and cosy environment as Juno’s parents sit together reclined.

Footage 1 and 2 takes place where the main conversation and present time will be filmed. Footage 3 and 4 takes place on and around the bridge, which we may use for the flashback; it doesn't matter if sound is recorded, as the flashback will be muted, so narration can be overlaid. The daylight will be good for filming, as the shadows through the trees will help to create contrast.

An important costume in our opening was the costume of 'the killer', we decided the actor would wear all black so there would be a sense of anonymity and mystery. The mask was significant to this scene because it made the anonymous figure more threatening and scary, the LED lights were effective in the darkness and made the character more memorable than just being faceless. For one of our main characters played by Esme we asked her to wear clothes that were suited to a forest environment and clothes that suited her age and weren't too bold so the audience’s attention was drawn to her acting and not her clothes. I like this still of her because I think the river behind her looks pretty in the lighting and she is central in the frame. I also think her expression is moving, she looks very afraid and perplexed. For one of our main characters played by Lucy, we chose a white t-shirt for her to wear as the blood would show up much clearer and bolder on a white t-shirt. We