G321: Thinking about Mise-en-scene

Now we have considered the setting for our opening, we now need to think more specifically about the mise for our opening sequence. We have been thinking about our character profile and the type of person who will star in the film and have collected images that we feel reflect the characters personality. Overall we want to go for a 'girly' yet sophisticated look and feel to fit with not only the character of Penelope but also existing films in the rom-com genre.

The images and magazine cuttings we have gathered represent the type of look we are going for in our opening setting. The setting will be predominately feminine shown by the flowers and fashion related items. However, as it is an office setting we have also gathered images of desks and newspaper in order to represent her job. As you can see the images are very light and airy, which is what we want our setting to be like. We will use high key/naturalistic setting to create a happy, light-hearted atmosphere. The props we are planning to use will be business related but with a feminine, glamorous twist. For example the fluffy pens and colourful pencils and notebooks. We have included a lot of images to do with fashionand clothing as this will be a focal point of the opening in order to estabilish Penelope as a character. Again, her outfit and accessories will be bright and colourful with an expensive feel to them.

Cath, Charley, Joanna