Maisie's A2 Media Blog

In this lesson we discussed the ways of mise-en-scene in our trailers. We learned about low key and high key lighting, and also watched the opening scene from 'Gangs of New York' in which the first time it was without viewing the screen and just listening to the audio, we then analyzed the costumes, settings, props, characters to create an idea of what we wanted to include ourselves. But the main feature was looking at the lighting and what lighting were going to use in our own trailers. High key: Used in films that which aims to use light and bright lighting normally used during the day An example of this shown in a film is of Tom and Summer in '500 days of summer' as the film is has an up lifting happy atmosphere it uses high lighting to create that feeling. Low key: Uses only one key light to create shadows of half light and half dark An example of this shown in a film is of the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' as throughout low key is lighting is a...

You’re Next Screenplay by Anaia McCahey-Wilson And Maisie Robinson-Daugirda INT. IN THE NEW HOUSE – DAY A family has recently moved into a new house with boxes scattered around the house with a removal van waiting outside. Friends helping unpack and someone asks where something is. PERSON 1 In the box over there! Looks down and picks up a piece of paper from within a box and has an address written on it. PERSON 2 What have you got there? Friends all huddle around person 1 looking confused. PERSON 1 We’ll talk about it later, lets finish unpacking first. INT. LIVING ROOM – EVENING Friends having dinner in the evening and have a discussion about the note they found earlier. Friend 1 is holding the note. Cuts to shot of the address. PERSON 1 Shall we check the address out then? PERSON 3 No! Don’t be daft. It’s going to be dangerous. PERSON 2 Yeah, lets check it out; it’ll be a laugh. You’re not scared are...

Media Treatment At the beginning of the trailer, a family moves into a new home and a girl finds a note with an address on it written by the previous owner. The girl persuades her friends to track down the location as a joke because they want to investigate what was there and why the previous owner left the note. The friends find themselves at the location, which happens to be an abandoned house. A crow, crows in the background and this foreshadow danger that will happen later on. They walk up to the main entrance of the house and find out that the door is already opened slightly and begins to creak open by itself. Some of the friends decide not go in but the others take a risk and go inside. When exploring the house, one of the friends find a pitch-black room, decides to go in but the door shuts behind her and locks. In this room, the only thing is the CCTV camera in the corner. While the friends are walking around the house trying to find help, they come across a small T...