Openings Mis-en-scene

Mama

Character(s): little girl about 4 years old, man in his 30's, baby

Costumes: black hat, coat. Black suit, white shirt and black tie.

Setting: large house down a private road with trees at the front and back. Car parked out the front with the drivers door open. Large childs bedroom with various toys and things to play with. Pink wallpaper with birds on. Dining room down stairs with crystal chandelier hanging above the table. Snowy woods with a small shack deep within it.

Props: teddy bear, cot, blanket



Psycho

Characters: young man. Young woman. Two business men. Female secretary.

Costumes: long skirt, shirt, trousers, suit, tie, hat

Setting: big city. Cheap hotel. Office with indiviual desks

Props: thick pile of money, paperwork



Exorcist
Characters: priest, 40+ year old man

Costumes: black trousers with a long black coat. White shirt, silver watch, red tie

Setting: rowing in a big lake with trees all around. Small town. Office in a house, many pictures of the same woman. Night time in small town, lots of fog, few street lamps on. Empty church, crosses, flowers, candles.




Angels and Demons

Characters: priest, 4 men, hundreds of people, catholic leaders, pope, news reporters, nuns, vicars

Costumes: black priest outfit. Red priest outfits. Pope costume with a yellow hat

Setting: open area in Rome outside the popes church which has been set out into paths so they can carry the coffin down a certain way. Inside the church where there is a large cross with jesus on it, candles, red drapes, benches.

Props: coffin, hammer, crosses, cameras, golden cup on a chain, silver chalices

To summarise my findings, I can see that all of these films are set in upperclass areas with large houses and the characters


Evaluation

From my group members work i understand that within horror thriller films that they are usually set within a working upper class house, which makes me think we have chosen the right location for our thriller horror opening. It also helps us within our research as it shows us typical props used and certain characters used for different themes as well as clothes they wear.