The document discusses the mise-en-scene plans for the opening of a thriller film. It will feature a female boss and a hitman. Their costumes will be dark to convey danger and power. Minimal makeup will be used except for the boss, who will look sophisticated. The opening scene takes place in an alley where the hitman smokes, then in a dimly lit office where the boss briefs the hitman. Props like cigarettes and office items will be used to set the scene and intrigue audiences with mystery.

1. Mise-En-Scene for our opening –
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2. Costume
 We are going for a professional but sinister look,
yet still linking it to the thriller stereotype by
keeping the costumes quite dark, therefore
making them look quite threatening and powerful
in certain scenes.
 The costume is an important aspect of our
opening as it is conveying the genre to the
audience. We have decided to include no
dialogue which would in itself add to the genre,
therefore the costume is taking on the dialogue’s
role.

3. Lighting
 We have decided to film our opening in the early
evening, as we feel that the natural lighting at the
time is suitable for our thriller opening, therefore
we are using typical stereotype lighting in our
thrillers. The lighting we are going for is low-key
lighting so that we can create our enigme, one
being: Why is the Hitman in a dark alleyway?

4. Actors
 We are going to use two characters in our opening. A
female classy boss and a Hitman.
 We wanted to use a classy female boss to go against
a stereotype of bosses usually being male, so by
changing this aspect of a typical film, our audience
may be surprised, yet at the same time it might entice
them, as they’ll be thinking: Why is she the boss?
 We have decided also to use a rookie Hitman to
follow the typical stereotypes of a crime thriller genre,
our actor for this will be therefore strong as we are
aiming to link him to the typical thriller stereotype
already known.

5. Make-Up
 We are aiming to use minimalist make-up throughout
our opening. Although, our female boss will have a
little bit of make up on to show that she is
sophisticated, we are again going against the
stereotype by making her make-up look sophisticated
as although he is a boss and is quite a hard-hitting
character, we want the make-up to show that she
cares about herself and her appearance
 We will also use make-up on the Hitman’s victim who
we see him walking away from. The make-up will be
fake red blood on one of the victim’s hands which we
see, while the Hitman is walking past him (this will
take place by us using a tracking shot for this scene)
so that the make-up engages the audience more,
therefore leaving enigma of: Has the Hitman done

6. Props
 The props we are going to use in our opening
are; typical office supplies, briefcase, lamp,
papers, chair, table, lighter and cigarette.
 The main prop used in our opening is the
cigarette the Hitman is smoking, as the smoke
exhaled smoke will lead into our main title of the
film, leaving a mysterious/creepy effect on our
audience, the added in foley sound over the top
over this particular scene will add to this as it will
be of a creepy sound, therefore leaving of
audience engaged.

7. Setting
 In our group we have decided to use an alleyway location because our opening
begins with the hitman smoking a cigarette and dropping it in the alleyway. This
then leads to our main title of the film, when we pan up to see the smoke in which
the hitman has exhaled.
 Once this is shown onscreen the hitman will enter the dark office where he will
meet with the female boss.
 We have decided to use an alleyway as it represents mystery as we’ll only see
the main characters eyes in the alleyway until he gets in the office.
 In our group we have also decided to use an office location to be in our opening.
We will see this location when the hitman enters the office and the female boss
(the dispatcher) will send him on his way.
 In this location we will also see more titles appear on the blueprints and papers
being put out by the female boss which has what the hitman needs to do.
 This location is key as it sets the scene for the mysterious thriller in which we are
going for. By there being a lamp on the light will be directed just on the blueprints
and the actors face, not the background. Therefore, keeping the audience
focusing in on the most important aspects of the scene, which represent our
thriller genre better.