Planning - Settings

The main setting in our film is at a school, this is why we tried to make sure we used mise-en-scene that represented this.

 The iconic use of the lockers connote the school setting. This is used in many teen angst films to show the location and to show the age group of the audience. The image of the door shows the school setting but also the door in which the 'mean girls' burst through when they are first introduced to the film. This was used so they would have a dramatic entrance and so that people would part to move out of their way when they walked.

Girly bedroom

Madison's bedroom is shown to be very girly but also to represent parts of her throughout the story.  This is the room in which the majority of the montage is filmed, so we see Madison waking up and getting out of bed and the dressing table is where we see her getting ready. The wardrobe is where we see Madison throwing out her clothes trying to decide what to wear. We thought of this scene as we thought it was something seen in many teen angst films when the lead female character is getting ready. An example of this film is Clueless. 

Mise-en-scene

We used specific mise-en-scene in the opening of the film in Madison's bedroom. This was to show where we were filming and to highlight that she is quite girly.