Planning - Considering Mise-en-Scene For Your Opening - costume and props

Produced by Loris Rhodes 

The use of mise-en-scene is very important in our opening. 

The main character "Rosie" would be dressed in dark colours to convey imagery of darkness and desolation. Due to Rosie being a young child she will not be wearing any makeup this could be to portray her innocence and purity before all the bad events begin to occur. 

• The other characters, who also lives in the orphanage, will be dressed differently to Rosie. Their costume will juxtapose Rosie's due to the costume being lighter and portraying connotations of innocence and happiness. therefore, this will enable the audience to understand the contrast and divide between Rosie and the other children in the orphanage 

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• Newspaper- showing the tragic house fire that Rosie's parents were killed in, we will make this prop ourself to make sure it relates to our plot and looks realistic. Conventionally, when newspapers are featured in horror movies it conveys a creepy and eerie emotion. 

• Old pictures of Rosie and her family together- this will portray the devastation of the tragedy and will include picture and information in the newspaper. This would also make the audience understand what happened previously before the film. 

• Dollhouse- this symbolises the control that Rosie never had and relates to the story of her mother being killed. As it is an object from the past it again portrayed a eerie feeling. 

• Dolls - connotations of dolls presents ideas of creepiness due to the sinister occurrence in previous horror films. They also represent the children of the orphanage and how Rosie will manipulate them into doing things she wants.

• Teddy bear - the typical connotation of comfort and security will be distinguished as we will be using it to show the isolation and fear of being left alone.