There are many aspects
of our mise-en-scene that changed during the production of coursework.
Unfortunately, Shannon
who we originally planned to play Melinda wasn't in London on the day of
filming due to other commitments and therefore, Beth played Melinda. Beth
playing Melinda did make more sense as it meant we could get the shots exactly
how we wanted as we both had a clear understanding of the storyline and where
we wanted to go with the filming. As originally planned, Lucy played protagonist
within the trailer as the new school girl.
The
two settings that we used in our trailer was the school and the woods as these
were the most conventional. Based on my survey responses, I could see that
people find the woods the scariest location for a horror movie. Melinda wore a
white dress which was ordered from ASOS. We did originally order the make-up
for Melinda from Amazon. However, this didn’t arrive on time and we ended up
getting the make-up from a fancy dress shop. This included the special effects
prosthetics and fake blood. As originally planned, Lucy wore her school uniform
with straight hair in the trailer and Melinda had curly hair with a red and
white ribbon.
Finally, the main prop
that was used within our trailer was the Melinda missing poster. This was used
to give the audience a better understanding of the narrative. In addition to
this, Lucy is holding a diary at the beginning of the trailer to accompany the
diary entry at the beginning.
