Mise-En-Scene, Lighting, Sound and Editing.

During a few of my groups meetings we discussed what ideas we had for our production in the different categories which are mise-en-scene, lighting, sound and editing. Firstly we'd established who was going to take on which role during our filming process:

Chelsey Gritton as Jodie/Camera Woman/Joint Editor
Dylan Streader as the Camera Man/Main Editor
Ralph Akighbe as the Camera Man/Main Editor

Set and Props

My group filmed most of our opening sequence in this art classroom, this was good because we had a large space to use and lots of props that were at hand if we needed them. We had tables that we could film from which gave us a better range of shots to use for when it came to the editing stage, this setting was useful because no one else was there while we filmed which made Jodie look even more alone than what she was.

My group and I used a range of props during the filming of our opening sequence, these included paintbrushes, a paint palette, a sink and an apron. These were helpful when filming because it made everything look more realistic and lifelike, the props connote her artistic side which is really explored during my groups opening sequence.

Lighting

As a group we decided to use natural light because we felt it would reflect the seriousness of the situation better, this came to good use as we were filming nearly all of our opening sequence in a classroom with windows. It made everything look more natural and lonely as we want the audience to feel sorry for her because she has no one close to support her in her time of need.

Sound

During our opening sequence there is going to be a soundtrack playing, this soundtrack is going to be calm at first while Jodie paints but then when she starts getting frustrated the pace of it picks up and it begins to get darker and louder to reflect how angry Jodie is. There are also going to be whispers at times when Jodie is most angry, these whispers represent all the people she's lost and the people who think she's weird or different to the norm that is supposedly maintained in society nowadays.

Editing

During the editing process of my groups opening sequence there will be lots of jumpy camera shots to make the action look faster and more anticipating, this will be during the part when Jodie starts to get angry with herself because she's slowly ruining her painting that she's worked so hard on.