Storyboard Evidence

Storyboards for our Main Task

The pictures and timings for these storyboards were done by me, the descriptions and sounds were done by Calum and me

Final Decision

It is clear that Amir's house will not be appropriate; it does not have the right mise-en-scene and is too small for filming our Thriller. My bedroom and living room also don't have the right mise-en-scene or enough space.

For this reason, we have decided to film in Ellie's bedroom; it has the typical mise-en-scene of a student or teenage girl, furthermore there is plenty of space for our actors and for us to film effectively with careful and professional camera shots.

Evidence

Amir's House:

The space in Amir's room was limited, even though we could remove the small desk and the chair Amir is sitting on would be replaced with a desk, the space for a dead girl and inspectors is very limited.

As shown in these pictures Amir's room is too small to have a dead body with tape surrounding it. Furthermore it would be hard to fit the cameras in his bedroom to film the scene effectively. Finally, the colour scheme of his bedroom isn't typical of a girl's bedroom and therefore, when looking at mise-en-scene, Amir's room is again not appropriate for our main task.

Ellie's House:

As these pictures show, Ellie's bedroom was a lot better for both space and mise-en-scene. The posters and pictures on her room show typical teenage and young adult interests such as art music, make up and fashion. Her room also has a large window and white walls making it very bright and therefore easier to film in. Finally as seen above, there is plenty of space for a dead body surrounded with tape and inspectors.

These pictures again show that Ellie's room has a desktop computer which is perfect for our narrative. Furthermore her pink curtains and white walls reflect youth and innocence as does the white rug on her floor. There is also plenty of space next to the computer where the inspectors can stand over the dead body and hold a conversation.

These pictures show the space in Ellie's room. Again, this will be plenty of space for all of the props actors and our equipment. This means we can film an effective and realistic looking film which is more likely to look like a thriller than one filmed in an unrealistic location.

My House:

As these pictures show, my room is too small to have a dead girl surrounded with tapes and inspectors. Furthermore, even though my room has the mise-en-scene of a typical teenage girl's room with books, make up and clothes, there would be limited space to film and to have actors and equipment in my room.

In my living room, we could move the dining room table which is next to the computer giving us plenty of space to have a dead girl with tape and inspectors around her. Despite this, when thinking about mise-en-scene my living room isn't appropriate. The living room of a house is not a very private area and the objects in the living room are not typical of a student at University. For these reasons my living room, much like my room, is not appropriate for filming our Thriller.

Research

Today I visited some locations to take pictures. This would help us to make our decision on where we would like the final location to be, enabling us to arrange the actors, dates and times more precisely.

As we wanted a room with a desk and enough space for a dead body to lay, we needed to research different houses of different sizes. The house we chose must have the correct mise-en-scene for a typical girl's bedroom and must also have enough space to have inspectors taking pictures and crime scene tape surrounding the dead girl's body.

The first place which Amir and myself visited and took pictures of was Amir's house. Pictures and comments can be found in the 'Evidence' section.

The second place was Ellie's house which I visited and took pictures of. Pictures and comments can be found in the 'Evidence' section.

Finally, I took pictures of my own house in both my bedroom and my front living room. Pictures and comments can again be found in the 'Evidence' section.