mise en scene, props and lighting

when thinking about the mise en scene for our opening , we thought about the two spaces we would be using. the first space that we were to use was the old mans room. for this , we used Lindsay(the person who which i was working on this project with)'s grandma's house. This was convenient as the actor who played the vold man was Lindsay's grandad , so this was easier for him and us. we decided to use his bedroom as the decor in the room matched the effect we wanted the old man to have in his room.when filming in here , we decided to have a dog on the old mans lap ,to represent that this was his only companion , as he had lost his wife. we also used a picture of me and my girlfriend vicky , also lindsays sister, on the side , for the old man to look at .this was because i would be playing a younger version of him and vicky his wife , in the flashback , which stems off from him looking at the picture. we decide to have the lighting , during the filming of this scene , to be very dull , to represent the light in his life disapearing ,due to losing his wife.

when looking at the flashback scene , we decided that we would want this to show a contrast and had used natural lighting of the day , which was sunny , which we wanted to represent the happiness of the couple. the idea of using a public lawn which had a pond , was one we had from the outset as we felt that this would create a very romantic feel as you may see lots of couples in these places. the fact that there was lots of trees and a pond gave us natural props to incorporate into the back ground , as these could be connoted as romantic setting factors. For one of the flashback scenes , the young man and woman are having a picnic. We used an old fashioned picnic basket for this as we felt that this would fit with the time as well as the contents in the basket , which consisted of fruit. The blanket we used also fited with the time as it was handmade , like many blankets were in those days.