Setting:
Our group has decided to base our narrative within the house, mainly within the kitchen. We have decided this because we feel that it is a realistic enviornment in which leads the audience to believe that it could happen to them at anytime, therefore, increasing the fear within the scene and building tension and insecurity. Because of the setting, it feels more realistic to the audience and they can build relationships with the characters. The characters are seen to be in danger and vulnerable and the viewers are led to feel uncomfortable and on edge on there behalf. Overall, we have decided to set our clip within the house as we believe that it will be scary for the audience and create a sense of reality which will increase the horror. We also believe that the house is conventional to the thriller genre in which is another reason to why we have set it in a house. 
Costume:
The costumes in which the characters will be wearing are varied. The girl in whom is cooking in the kitchen will be in her pjyamas or causual clothing to represent the vulnerabilty to the audience. Again, because of the clothing in which the girl will be wearing, it will potray everyday life and therefore making the audience suspicious of what may happen next. When we show the killer in the scene, he will be wearing a mask as we want to keep his identity hidden as it is very conventional to thrillers. Because of the hidden identity and the mask in which he will be wearing, this creates enigma and suspicion within the scene. He will also be wearing black and dark clothing, this symbolises death and his dark personalilty which leads him to kill people. The mask and dark clothing ensures that we dont give much away about him, which again creates suspicion and tension. The husband of the girl, in whom the killer murders, will be wearing normal, casual clothes again to present a feel of everyday life.
Iconography:
The key iconography in which our group has decided to use within our narrative is the use of a knife which will be used to kill the husband coming home from work. The knife is used as the murder weapon, which the killer stabs into the mans stomach. The knife is conventional of the thriller genre as knifes are the typical murder weapon within this genre. The use of the kinfe makes the audience believe that something bad is ultimately going to happen to the girl. Also, there will be use of typical iconography, things that we expect to see within the household. For example, when she is cooking, we will be able to see pans and cutlery in which she will be cooking with. These things are all typical of the household enviornment and create a sense of real life therefore, when something bad happens, the audience are even more scared as it extremely realistic.
Lighting and Colour:
When planning our narrative, we concluded that we would be setting our scene at night, therefore low key lighting would be in use. We decided to use low key lighting as it is very conventional to the thriller genre as it builds suspense and fear. Low key lighting hides and limits the detail in which the audience are able to see and therefore creates a mysterious eerie atmosphere. The audience are led to think what may happen next and what the outcome may be as we cannot see everything clearly. Low key lighting ultimately brings more suspense and fear to the film and makes the audience feel a sense of uncomfortability. Positioning of characters and objects:
When out group were planning the positioning of the characters, we carefully planned out where our characters would be placed. When she is cooking in the kitchen we decided that we would have a high angle and a long shot. By showing the girl within her sorroundings and portraying her smaller than she is, conveys to the audience her vulnerabilty making it seem as if she is the victim and something bad is going to happen. This is conventional to the thriller genre as the victims are always shown to be small and vulnerable. We want to create a sense that she is the victim and extremely targeted, in which we intend to do with these camera shots. This will allow the audience to build a relationship with the girl as we feel scared on her behalf, feeling uncomfortable for her. We have also thought about where and how we are going to positon the killer, we decided to hide the killers identity as it creates tension and suspense within the scene. This means that he will always be placed in the frame where we cannot see him. We will use many point of view shots coming from the killer so the audience do not know who he is. Point of view shots are conventional to the thriller genre as we feel extremely involved within the scene and therefore increasing the fear.
Facial expressions/ body language:
Facial expressions and body language play an important within films to portray to the audience how the characters are feeling at a particular point within a scene. In our opening scene we have discussed when we will show facial expressions on the characters at certain times. The first time in which we will show a facial expression is of the girl when she finds her husband dead. With use of a long shot and her facial expression, this gives the audience an indication that she is in an uncomfortable situation and horrified at what she is looking at. Body language will also be used within the scene, when she is in her kitchen she will be dancing, her body language will portray happiness, connoting that she is oblivious to what is happening around her. This is conventional of the thriller genre as the female is always portrayed as innocent and oblivious to what is going on in her surroundings. Because of this, the audience will be able to connect to the film as they feel on edge for the girl because they know what is happening but the character doesn't. Overall, planning our mise-en-scene will help to ensure that we will make our opening scene as scary and horrifying as we possibly can.
This post demonstrates a proficient understanding of the mise-en-scene of your opening sequence. You have planned the mise-en-scene of your thriller well and I can also visualise your narrative and what will be seen.
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Finally aim to consider the purpose of your target audience, and consider the relationship that they will have with your characters and with your opening sequence.