Mise en Scene

Here are some screens showing how we used Mise-en-Scene in our filming process i.e. how we presented the scene in terms of colour, lighting and connotation.

The main character is introduced as a teenager who walks away from school. Some of his actions, such as walking over the wall and kicking some litter on the ground, help giving the audience the impression of a youngster who tries to escape from reality.

The colours that the main character is wearing connote different aspects of his personality: a red hoodie (danger), a white scarf (innocence/drug addiction) and light blue trousers (simplicity/carefreeness).

 

A contrast is created between the darkness inside the house and the light coming from outside when the boy passes through the door, symbolizing the use of the house as a place to hide from the real world.

 

The Point-of-View shot is used to give the impression that the subject is looking for something hidden among his (black) socks: the use of a ladybug marker (red and black) on the sock he picked tells that it contains something dangerous.

 

After the Stop-motion the backgound becomes significantly darker, due to the fact that the “moment sought” has arrived: three zoom-ins (one for each line of coke) link a Wide Shot, a Mid Shot, a Medium Close-Up and a Close-Up.