2nd production meeting

This morning Marc Charlie and I has another meeting for the discussion of our media project, this time we were to decide upon what would represent our Mis-En Scene.

MIS-EN-SCENE


We has choose a church just by college, but after discussion we decided on the Location of Christchurch mansion, we thought would provide better imagery for the audience than a typical church, we felt the mansion has more of an eerie feeling which would contrast with the goings on in the actual scene which were optimistic and in general, very bright feeling. Considering someone was getting married. It was perfectly functional inside for all our needs and wants due to the long staircase, the wedding room which people from the public actually rent out for their personal weddings, and the feel and look of the place added to the atmosphere of what we were aiming for, with the marble status, and fireplaces, alongside large portraits and grand chairs.


We have chosen our 2nd location which was Charlie’s bedroom, we arent quite sure of the size and how the camera will sit and may find it awkward for what we wanted to film. Her room is quite small meaning it was difficult to find a perfect spot to place a camera, as most of the filming was filmed as her looking into the mirror; which means I'll have to make sure the camera reflection wasn’t seen in the mirror.



The lighting and colour in the mansion was very gloomy and dim, very much low cast lighting, it portrayed a feeling of almost, being haunted, compared to being outside where the couple walks into the mansion where it’s apparent to be daytime, and the mood changes as it’s such a contrast between the two locations almost. The couple were holding hands outside the mansion as they walked in, we thought this would really signify their love as the sun was shining down, so there would be high key lighting and the audience would be able to tell this was an upbeat part of this performance.

The flashbacks the couple are getting married, So our actors will do thier best to look excited, happy, in love and pleased to be together, as the two actors are currently together in real life this should be easy to perform! They will show affection through holding hands and small kisses to the face and other improvised ways, nothing obvious and over the top.

The 2nd location is in Charlie’s bedroom has very much again low key lighting, this is supposed to be the most awkward and confusing part of the opening sequence so we didn’t want to be showing a large amount of light, instead of using the high voltage lamp we were given we decided to use one of the lamps from our props which was on the dressing table.The performance throughout the opening sequence was subtle, there wasn’t an overwhelming large amount of faces being shown throughout but more, little parts of what they were wearing, such as the props. Location 2 at Charlie’s house we shall begin to focus more on the woman herself, every detail about her, so much so, as she takes off her makeup, we decided to use the camera as a mirror as she stares directly down the lens, as if to be looking directly into the audience.
n the other scenes, the femme fatale should look drunk, untidy,lost and upset. She will be downing red wine straight from the bottle, this will make her look desperate, downing her sorrows. Her makeup will be ruined, all down her face from crying, she will still be weeping in the sequence. In the end scenes, she will look as though she has just heard something and is shaken by it, looking scared and anxious.