Planing our film.

As we set out to film our 2 minute opening of our film we had to consider many areas.

Mise en Scene:

We used a drama studio theatre to create a prison cell also so we could get the lighting just right, we used a faint blue light focused on Alex's face to create uncertainty which would keep the audience on the edge of their seats.

The flashback memory shots were filmed in our quad area, the setting gives the impression of an important and well-established feel, this is the feel we wanted to achieve. As the film is based around revenge and secret organisations we portrayed our school as an undercover organisation which is supposedly set at Oxford university. This is a juxtopostion because you would never put Oxford university and a secret organisation together, we did this to show a cutting edge to our film. We used some idea's from the bourne identity to help us create a feel for a secret organisation. For example, when Alex is seen walking through the redbricked cloisters he is wearing a suit as if he was going to meet somebody important, but he is still not at ease and is constantly looking around.



Cinematography:

We had plan out a number of different shots to represent different things and emotions. We filmed loads of different shots of Alex in the studio theatre so we could pick out a number of different shots that fit in too our film. The shots varied from, extreme close ups to show pain, distress and emotion to an over the shoulder shot with dramatic lighting to show isolation.

This is the extreme close up, which revels the distress and pain in Alex's face.

This is the over the shoulder shot