OTS- Mise-en-scene and Location

As I am the production designer, I am mainly the one who organizes the use mise-en-scene and location. So far I have decided in order to take the best shots and construct our titles well we will need to use the following:

Location:
As we are setting our title sequence using various lighting techniques and filming in black and white, we will need full control over the use of lighting. Therefore this rules out any exterior areas in order to film. In order to make our lighting more effective we have decided an interior location would be more practical, so we are using our schools dark room. This is more convenient as it is low cost and we wouldn't need any legal permission to film on the premises. It also happens to have the equipment we need (e.g lighting).

Mise-en-scene:
I have decided that the use of iconography will play a big part in our title sequence and therefore a range of typical props used throughout the titles will not only display this put will also establish the
Noir genre to our audience. We have decided to use:

• Alcohol - for legal reasons we will not be able to use alcohol but instead will use water with a strong colorant to give the effect of a substance such as wine. Liquids such as Blackcurrant squash will also give this effect. 

• Drugs- as above we will not be able to use drugs in our piece so another substance will have to be used to give this effect. We have decided to imply the use of drugs instead of having our character pretend to take it as this will lower the audience certificate and therefore more people will be able to watch. We will use things such as sugar or talcum powder to imply the use of cocaine in our titles.

• Playing Cards and Poker Chips - these are low cost and are very typical in the use of Noir displaying themes of greed, envy and pride. The use of these will not effect our audience certificate and the remains in our red, black and white color scheme.

• Newspapers- We may have some difficulty in using this prop due to the content of the media and the date. Although it is typically used it may result in us creating our own paper or not using the prop. This will have to be discussed further in our group.

• Blood - Fake blood can be bought although it can sometimes be too expensive. I have learnt how to make fake blood from my earlier sweded film using objects found around the house. this will able use to also control the use of pigment in our blood e.g. using less or more red to make it look realistic or stand out more. This will also create a foreboding atmosphere and also foreshadow our character's death. 

• Cigarettes and Smoke- Although we can use fake cigarettes in our piece the effect of smoke will have to be edited on as the use of cigarettes and fire is not allowed in the area chosen. 

•  Lipstick- we have considered the use of lipstick being in our titles and using it to write on a mirror to create a disorientating effect which is seen in film noir. The colour would be red and it is used to signify our femme fetal also displaying lust in our character. 

These mise-en-scene props are all used generally in film noir iconography and will be used in our piece with minor difficulty. As above, we will use this to select themes for our OTS and will present the Noir genre to our audience. Although, the props above will effect our certificate rating and will have to be discussed as the involvement of the props above isn't the only factor that will effect it; the implied significance and how they are used/presented to the audience will also depend on whether our rating is certificate 15 or 18.