Research into Mis-en-Scene Miss Georgiou

In the blog I am analysing several different mis-en-scene elements within the typical thriller film clip. They include; Settings and Icononography, Costumes (Hair and Make-up), Facial expressions (Body Language), Positioning of characters and objects, Colour and finally Lighting. I am also going to be including the different types of camera angles used within the clip which helps create the thrilling mood throughout.

At the beginning of the scene we see many different Mis-en-scene elements as-well as camera angles. The setting is based in the home of the characters in the bedroom. The iconography here are the typical bedroom features such as the bed, bedside lamp and the wide open door. These both make the scene more realistic for the audience as it is based in a family house which connotes that anything can happen, even in the comfort of your own home. We as the audience start to feel a sense of reality what with the iconography and the setting as we aren't too sure what is going to happen next, it builds up certain expectations which we know are going to take a drastic turn or the worse. 

The lighting used is very low key, many dark shadows are used to create the scarce feeling around us.This Mis-en-scene element is key to this scene as it creates a heart racing mood which makes us feel on the edge on our seat and our heart beat increasing.

The camera angle used here is an extreme long shot, as they mainly want us to focus on the background so that the importance of the character at this point is taken away and the setting can take its full effect. 

This is all conventional to a thriller film as the mis-en-scene creates suspense and drama to the scene and they make the audience's level of anticipation higher which will make everything a lot more tense. The lighting is conventional to a thriller as the low key lighting creates tension with the dark shadows and makes the audience feel more scared, as the darkness makes everything less vivid, you cannot see everything going on around in the scene so the suspense is widened. 

In this part of the scene, the positioning of the characters and the objects, as well as their facial expressions and body language are key to making this scene thrilling. The woman's face is showing expressionless emotion, she does not seem to be aware of the surroundings around her and doesn't seem to have much emotion in her face. Her facial expressions create a relationship with the audience as the camera angle (long shot) makes us feel like we are in the clip. We see her and the surroundings around us making us paranoid and it gets our heart beating faster and faster by the minute. The blank expressions also make us suspicious of what the character is thinking and feeling at this particular point. It makes the scene more enticing and makes us even more eager to watch and see what happens.

One of the most important Mis-en-scene elements used in this clip is the positioning of the objects and their body language. The woman is sitting up right, which connotes to the audience, something has disrupted her or something is disturbing her. Her body language is very statuesque so we start to elaborate on whats going to happen next. The canted camera angle has made the bed and the side table at an angle which suggests imbalance and instability with the characters and the scene.

This is conventional to a thriller as the facial expressions will make the acting more like reality, so that the audience can experience the different changes of the characters throughout the film. The facial expressions are conventional as they make the scene more intensifying which is needed in a thriller.

In this particular scene, the costumes, hair and makeup are not so evident into making the clip more of a thriller. The aim in this scene is to mainly focus on the reality and not the thrill.

The costumes are of the couple in their nightwear, which is making the scene more realistic and believable. It has given us an instant indicator of the characters personalities; although she is possessed we can tell she is just like every other human at bed time. We as the audience may believe she is just like everybody else, when in fact things are about to take a turn for the worse. 

On the other hand, hair and makeup has not been used here in this scene as it makes it look more natural. The makeup is evidently not used to make her look paler and more ghost like, and her hair is naturally down which makes her look like she's been asleep. It makes us again feel uneven due to the realistic features. We as the audience feel like we are standing in the room giving us that heart stopping feel. 

This is conventional to a thriller film as they make 

The Mis-en-scene elements here are key to making this clip more dramatic. The main elements used are lighting, colour and body language. The denotation is black and white. This gives the scene a particularly frightening feeling. 

The connotations are applied as it makes you feel frightened, like your in some sort o danger, even though its not a true story. It is making the scene more dramatic whilst reality is still within.

The lighting is very low key to give the sense of thrill and horror. Deep shadows are used in the background so we mainly focus on the woman standing in the doorway. As the audience our relationship changes with the clip. We now start to focus mainly on the character in the doorway so, because the light (high key) is focused on the woman we are now more engaged, so our suspicion is greater as we want to find out what is going to happen.

Thirdly, the characters body position is jagged, it is sharp and fixed. She looks determined to do damage to the object in front of her. It helps the scene more thrilling as in most thriller films everything is on point, petrifying and skin crawling, so this scene is defiantly spine tingling. The mis-en-scene element adds a certain twist to the typical thriller as although we suspect what is going to happen the lighting makes it more effective.

In this particular scene we constantly feel like we are within the bedroom of the couple. This picture shows us all mis-en-scene elements. 

Firstly, the background and iconography are slightly far away and slanted (due to the canted camera angle) which makes us feel uneasy as we are exceeded of all expectations due to the woman being close up to the camera, only we know that things will be taking a turn or the worst. 

Costumes, hair and make-up makes everything normal, when instead its the complete opposite. With the woman closely to the screen in her nightwear, we can feel normality and reality even though the scene is at its most critical point.

The woman's facial expressions here do not give anything away. She acts like nothing has happened. Her facial expressions has given us an indication of how she is feeling. This element is key to mis-en-scene and in this clip as we don't see much emotion on her face, she is expressionless, so it is obvious her mind has gone blank, and that her mind has been taken over. She doesn't realise the trouble she has caused at this very point.

 The positioning of her body is straight forward towards the camera, when infact the camera has been tilted to a canted angle which makes her look unstable and un-respondable. 

This really creates a relationship with the audience as we start to feel her emotion, she feels on edge and played due to the demon within her.

The colour and lighting again, is based in black and white to make it look like a real recording during the night and the lighting to focus on the expressions on the girls face. The deep shadows are focused in the background whilst the high key lighting is on the characters face. This connotes that the demon is actually on the outside of the character, that it isn't the real woman doing these nasty, cruel things; it is infact her inner self that gives her that light, that glow on her face. I believe it was used to show the contrasts between her two personalities.