Because of the lack of budgeting and the depressing tone of the opening, we as a group wanted to keep all aspects simplistic so that our younger teenage audiences can still understand the secondary meanings behind our choices of location, props, costumes etc. Specifically with the locations, we agreed that a naturalistic setting was preferable, to connote the idea that this character had been stripped down to his bare essence and felt empty because of it. The only significant prop we use in our opening is the funeral booklet to provide a reason for the main protagonist's emotional discomfort. For the characters costume we decided a suit would be most appropriate, due to his profession being part of a well established firm as well as giving us a good reason for him to wear black. This was an important factor to us because black has connotations of darkness and death, which directly link to the topic matter we address in the opening.
Mise en scene plays a big part in every narrative, which is why we carefully considered each element of the topic, the effect it would have on our audience and whether or not it would match up with our intentions as directors.
- Ryan Chapman -
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