Mise-en-scene

1. Mise-en-scene
Brandon Wood

2. Clip 3 – Hospital
This scene shows that the
girl/Jessica and the cake is light
up and the background is pitch
black this shows that this is
probably an imaginary image or
even a dream.
This image is kind of like the last
one the image is focused on
Sarah. The surroundings are
also black to keep the emphasis
of darkness and even keeps it
like a dream. The green give the
scene a cold, uninviting and a
grime effect.
With the green lighting the
hospital seems uninviting and
grime even the shadows give off
a spooky horror kind of vibe. This
looks like a completely different
scene has been created.
This scene shows the sudden
change in lighting and shows
you how easy it is to suddenly
change the atmosphere of the
corridor. As it lights up and
there is no longer any
shadows and the corridors
are now crowded. The
atmosphere suddenly
changes from a scary, grime
horror scene to a sad,
depressing and bright scene.
Lighting

3. Location
This scene is set in a hospital where Sarah awakes from the car crash. When she
enters the corridor it is dark, green there are also loads of shadows this suggest
that she has only just escaped death and her brain his making her imagine that
she is being hunted by death. This gives you the illusion that she is dead or still
asleep. In this seen she also bumps in to Beth in the same corridor you can see
that the scene suddenly changes as the lighting and the amount of props an
people increase hugely. This makes her feel more safe as the atmosphere
changes and the bright lights make it more calm and peaceful.

4. Costume
In the scene you can see that Sarah is wearing a hospital gown this shows
the audience that that she was injured in the car crash mentally and
physically by the los of her daughter and her husband. When she is getting
changed by the dark ness the gown stands out a lot as its quite bright and
stands out when surrounded by the darkness this bright gown. The light
effects the gown and gives it a green tint as the lights reflect on the gown.
The light gown may show how venerable she is as the light gown can be
swallowed by the darkness.

5. Props
One of the main props used in this film is the hart beat monitor as it has a big effect on the
audience as it shows that Sarah is injured and in hospital. When you see her awake you see
that she is attached to the heartbeat monitor which she soon pulls the heartbeat cables off.
This then makes the heartbeat monitor makes a sudden flat noise which shocks the audience
and even makes Sarah scared. This makes us remember the cause of why Sarah is in
hospital. In the second scene there is the birthday cake that appears in quite a few scenes
with Sarah's daughter this is a big part of the props as it appears so much throughout the
film. This prop shows the audience that Jessica is dead and that she died the day before her
birthday the cakes really stands out as it is in focus and has a black background behind it
showing it’s the main focus of the scene. It also shows that it could be Sarah imagining or
even dreaming f her daughter.

6. Sound
There is a fair bit of sound in this clip such as diegetic sound e.g. sound that is in the
seen such as the heartbeat monitor and people talking at the end of the scene such as
when Beth is talking to Sarah trying to comfort her when she bumps in to each other
and Sarah starts crying. And people talking in the background when the corridor is
crowded also juno is in the background crying. And there is diegetic sound which is
used to give a spooky atmosphere this is the music that is added as an after effect.