Mise en Scene, Cinematography, Editing and Sound

Mise en scene
We wanted to include some typical bathroom footage for the shots of the woman in the bathroom to set the scene and make it obvious for the audience. For example, the woman in her dressing gown, bath taps running water, bubbles in the bath etc.

With the murderer we didn’t want to show all of him, just a few body parts like his feet and his hands to give the clip a sense of mystery, tension and suspense. We therefore planned to show him wearing black boots and black gloves.

Inside the house we decided to include a lot of typical house items around the house in the shots to emphasize the idea that the man is intruding into the woman’s home.


Props:
Knife
Knife sharpener
Gloves
Knife Rack
Bath and tap

We wanted to keep the props at a minimum to keep it simple but at the same time more effective.

Cinematography
We really wanted to make the film look as professional as possible so we decided to try and incorporate as many angles during filming shots as possible. We especially liked the idea of using close up shots because we feel that it will create more suspense. However, we also aim to include some high and low angle shots to make the film look a lot more interesting.


Editing
To make the film seem more eerie we had the idea that during the clip there would be flashes of the future in between shots, where the woman is dead.
In regards to editing for the other clips of the film we aim to use more short cut clips rather than long drawn out shots. We feel that this would give the film a quicker, and represent the chaotic atmosphere in the clip.


Sound
During the flashes to the woman dead we decided that we would like to have a fuzzy white noise sound in the background to make the images even more in your face.
Throughout the clip we wanted to use low, but menacing music in the background to build to tension.
At the end of the clip we were discussing including a loud woman’s scream (the woman in the bath) to show that she has been murdered.

During the beginning of the project we gave a group speech about some of our ideas for the film. Some of these ideas have changed as we have progressed whilst making our film...