Mise-en-scène

The colours we used in our film were dark and gritty colours to conform to the thriller

conventions and make it look intense and scary as the dark colours connotes with danger and fear. The room we used had white walls with a lot of

dirt, dirty floors and had a misty feel to it to make the atmosphere more intense and scary.

We also looked at other codes and conventions of thriller films and found out that they use

flashbacks a lot but also sometimes have scenes with a black and white filter. So we decided to mix these two together to make the flashback

scene look more cold and dark. We found that all these helped conform to a more

dark and dangerous feel and made the torture scene look more realistic and scary.

Due to the light in the room being in the corner, there was a dark shadow on the

characters faces, we found this very effective as it gave a more mysterious and

dark feel to the characters showing that they are both hiding something. Also as the light

was very dim it made the room look dark and more intense which makes the audience

sympathise with the druggy.

For our actors, we did some secondary research onto presentations of Gangsters in Movies and Druggies. We ensured that our actors followed some of the traits/stereotypes that are usually shown in

movies. For example, we found out that Gangsters have the stereotype of usually wearing suits, they are foreign, show no mercy etc. Therefore our actor, Nuri fitted perfectly into this stereotype as

he was tall, big built, had an aggressive nature and we made him put on a Russian accent to make it more realistic. He showed aggression when acting such as shouting, grabbing the druggie and no show of

sympathy when hitting him. We found this very successful as it reflects his personality and the personality of a stereotypical

gangster. His costume will be a dark suit, this connotation is of someone who is dangerous (because of the dark colour) and rich (as we usually associate suits with a successful business man). He also

had dark shiny shoes on which again conformed to the idea we were trying to create.

Our other actor was a Druggy, and again we did some secondary research into the typical stereotypes of druggies in films. We

thought Jack would be perfect to play the role as he was tall and skinny. However we thought this was not enough, so we added blood and bruises onto his face to look like he had been abused

etc, also because his face had not been clean it gave the impression that he was dirty, didn’t wash etc. Which are all

stereotypical traits of a druggy in movies. The clothing he wore was casual, not expensive clothes, this was because druggies are usually shown to have no money and scruffy clothes. This gives

the impression that the drug dealer used his money for drugs and didn’t care about his appearance. Therefore emphasising his

addiction.

The location we used was in Adelaide’s cellar. We thought this location was perfect as we found out in our secondary research, most torture scenes are done in a

similar location. Inside the cellar it is dark, dirty and empty. Showing that the druggie is isolated and makes

the audience feel tense and sorry for him.

Another location we used was an alleyway behind Adelaide’s house. This was because her alleyway looked

like stereotypical alleyways where tramps, prostitutes and druggies usually stayed when we looked at secondary

research.

We used props such as hammers, knives etc. This was used to make the torture scene more realistic and gripping.

We also used a syringe, medicine, a small alcohol bottle, spoon, matches etc. This was all used because they are all

connotations/representations of a druggie and are the main props used in drug use films (we found this out in our secondary research) therefore making it more realistic and something our audience is familiar with, so they know that our movie is about

drug use.