Thursday, 14 November 2013

Use of Leaflet (mise-en-scene)

   In the film opening, the main character finds a leaflet from before the apocalypse. This is a promotion leaflet telling people to get the vaccination. The character puts the leaflet in her pocket and burns it when she makes the fire.

   The leaflet is a useful piece of the mise-en-scene as it sets up the narrative of  the story and burning it shows that the vaccination hasn't worked and it has destroyed the world. This also creates an enigma as the audience may wonder why it went wrong.

   Jacob made the leaflet as we couldn't find one on the internet. Here it is...



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