Mise-en-scene

Scene 1. Asleep on the desk
Lighting:
Dim lighting, we want to make it look like he has been working up late, a lamp would ideally be a good light source but it may be difficult for us to film at night or in the dark as we don't all live locally.

A History of Violence is an example of a low key and dark film; We want our film to have this kind of look to it as it's mysterious and dark. The mum who comes in at 6.57 is what we want the protagonists wife to look like when she comes in to tell him to come back to bed.

Setting:
We want our scene to be like a study in his own home, all cosy and warm, this makes us feel safe as it's a secure location.

Colour:
In his home the colours will be very warm, like different tones of brown to show wood, so here we will not be using a lot bright colour.

Props:
All the documents and paper on the desk are there to show the audience clues to what the films going to be about. We will hopefully have a little lamp placed on the desk to give off a little dim light, enough for him to read late at night.

This clip from se7en shows the kind of notes we want on the desk. Possibly not as gruesome because the opening will have a 15 certificate.

Costume:
We'll have the detective wearing glasses as this is more of a transformation from detective to killer, when he kills he is not wearing glasses. We also want to have him wearing a suit in this scene as we want to show the audience that he is a detective who is very involved in his work, shown by him falling asleep on his desk.

Scene 2. Flashback of killing
Lighting:
Dim lighting again, we want to keep it spooky and mysterious which is harder to achieve with bright lighting, light signifies hope which is not what we're portraying.

Props:
The rope we will be using to hang the victim and strangle them with.

Costume:
He is going to be wearing a hoodie. this is ideal because we can't see the killers features like hair, eyes etc, if we get the lighting right it should shadow over and darken his face, making it difficult to identify him.

Colour:
There won't be a lot of colour because of its genre, we are also going to keep this scene dull an dim looking. There is no blood in this scene which would've added a bit more colour.

We won't be using colour like it is used in this film, this is an example of a cheery, happy film. We will use darker colours.

Setting:
Inside a room, we're going to be focusing mostly on the killing so the room itself isn't hugely significant.

Analysis of Hannibal Rising

Sound
The sound in this clip helps to set the scene of the story. It does this because the music is classical and dreary, we can tell it is going to be set in an old area and there will be sadness. The characters voiceover also helps this because he speaks in a low, saddened tone that helps us relate and feel sorry for him, even though he is the main villain.

Props
The character handles the organs very expertly which suggests he is experienced with handling them and this creates a sense of spookyness, the objects are very detailed which might influence a physical reaction and the dolls heads on the ceiling not only makes us feel sorry for the character but it also makes us feel scared of him because the death of his daughter has made him hang up these heads and we can tell that something will go wrong.

Lighting
The scene in general is very dark so we get a scary atmosphere from that, the fact that it is mainly lighted with candles also adds effect. The lighting is always spotlighted on the character in the dark scenes to draw attention to him and this can make him look important and possibly superior.

Editing
There is some quick-cut editing in some clips which can mount tension and show scene rapidly, this could also be montage editing because it is showing several clips over a timeline.

Cinematography
The clip is edited around the main character which makes the character seem more important and focused. It allows us to get drawn into the scene because the panning is slow and it gives us the feeling we are near the main character, we feel like we are walking with him too in the dolly shots.

By Harry