Evaluation of our Mise en Scene : Evaluation

Mise en Scene is everything the audience can see in the trailer. We are doing a horror genre trailer and mise en scene is a crucial part to letting the audience know what the genre is.

Pro's

• The best thing i think we did to let the audience know what the genre is the costumes of the characters. The male partner is wearing a suit and casual clothes showing that he is just a normal citizen, where as the killer is wearing all black with a hood showing that he is a villain.

• The genre indicator we gave was the knife the hooded killer walks around with and the blood in the sink tells the audience that it is a horror/thriller. The use of lighting also gave a glimpse of the genre away we used mainly lighting from the house, but when we wanted to create an atmosphere at a certain time in the trailer we either dimmed the lighting or used candles for a source of light.

Cons

• Our film is meant to be about a couple moving to a new house and getting tortured by a killer. In our trailer the female partner is not shown and therefore it makes it difficult for the audience to figure out that there is a couple. To improve we could have shots a photos of the couple or a close up of a ring to indicate to the audience who the main characters of the film are.

• Lighting outside was a big factor, to get the creepiest atmosphere we filmed in the dark, but when we uploaded the video onto adobe premier elements our editing software the video came out a lot darker than we saw on the camera. We filmed again to try and fix the error but we couldn't therefore we couldn't film in complete darkness.

• The couple moving to a new house was also an issue, the house we filmed in had full furniture and didn't look like they have just moved in, the lack of funds restricted us from getting a house that is completely empty.

How we could improve

Filming outdoors when it is dark was a massive factor and by the use of better equipment we could definitely improve the trailer.

Again with the lack of funds we cannot get everything we like, but by covering things up with sheets and putting boxes everywhere will make it look a lot more like the couple have just moved into the house. Giving more signs away to the audience about a couple moving to a new house rather than just a man on his own will also make the audience aware of the main characters.