After long meetings and many different ideas we decided to carry on with the idea of showing what drugs do to people. At the beginning we had different ideas of how to show this to the audience , by using a girl that was addicted to drugs , but, we decided to change this and make it simpler by using a girl who is not addicted to drugs but we planning to show how it all starts by showing the girl going out for one night and what is happening to her after that long night back to her house , which is how we gonna start the movie , beginning with peaces of the end to make the audience curious and then go back to how it all started by showing the girl and her friends getting ready before the party.
This is our actual idea including the shots we are planning to use:
Long establishing shot of London to identify the location and set the scene. Heavy breathing on the background which is to interest the audience and make them pay attention.
Variety of different shots of a girl walking - Long shot behind her, cutting to middle shot, a pan beside her. A few blurry POV shots to show how confused and lost she is. Close ups on parts of her body (ripped tights, messed up make up all over her face, her feet - wearing no shoes). We won't actually show her face in a close up in the first a few seconds, that would make the audience want to find out who she is and what's happened to her.
On the background there will be a voice which is going to be her talking to the audience, as if she is hearing her feelings. Have you ever thought that you would end up like this when all you expected was the best of the world. You never imagined the world changing you into something that took away your innocence, happiness, pureness.
By doing this we want to show how everything changes when you grow up and as we've said before the use of the dramatic voice and sound on the background is very significant to our piece.
The mice-en-scene is goin to be very dark to set the atmosphere and the mood of the scene.
While this is happening we are going to show a long shot of the girl trying to stay on her feet holding on to the wall but she falls down and we see a guy coming behind her. After that we are gonna show a close up of her face how the guy is trying to silence her by putting his hand over her mouth. We see her facial expression and the shot is gonna dissolve into another shot which is going to change the scene and that way we are gonna start the actual beginning of the movie.

The mice-en-scene changes completely with a happy song on the background and bright colours to highlight to the audience that the scene is different and make them realise that this is the beginnig before she took the drugs.
We are gonna start with close ups of the girl putting make up - her lips, her eyes, putting earings on, the dress and her heels. After that the happy song stops, over the shoulder shot of the girl turning around saying: So, how do I look? and this will bring the audience to reality and what's actually happening in the scene. Mid shot of her friends sitting on the bed putting make up as well. The last shot is going to be a close up shot of her taking the drugs from her cupboard and then a mid shot of her saying: ' We are ready to go?'.

Clear use of media terminology used here- well done.
ReplyDeleteI really like your final idea, you have some interesting shots that will work really well with what you are planning to do. Your idea is simple and has a narrative that flows. I'm relly looking forward to seeing the rest of your posts :)
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