Mise-en-scene

For our film openeing we need to closely picked the mise-en-scene that goes inside side our locations. This is so it fits in with the conventions of the genre. Our main filming location is inside a garage that we have tried to make look post-apocalyptic bu making it look destroyed. The main things we wanted the audience to see is things that relate to survival. For example...

• mattress
• shovel
• axe
• water bottle
• petrol canister x2
• army bag
• rifle
• knife x3
• logs
• battery powered lamp
• boots
• wellies
• incinerator
• disinfectant spray
• old kettle
• cold leaflet.
• rifle

All these things would be essential in survival as they will protect you and keep you alive. Here are some pictures of the garage we filmed in...

Furthermore, one of our main pieces of mise-en-scene was a leaflet we made. This leaflet explains that there is no cure for the common cold as it is a virus. This leaflet is from a 2013 society. This is contradictory to time of the film opening as the pandemic has been caused by the cure. We have used this to set up the narrative and create and enigma. Here it is...