Drafting and Planning

Mise en scene means everything that is in the scene and what's been placed in there to set and go along with what's going on. There are six main elements to mise en scene that I will have to think about as relevant to my teaser trailer genre 'horror'.

Setting - the location of the teaser trailer will have to be somewhere that fits horror and will be relevant. I would think of having my trailer in a house/scary park as it will set the scene with creaky floors and thudding up the stairs causing tension as about to what was to happen. If I was to have it in a beach it wouldn't suit it at all but would for a genre like 'Rom-Com'

Props - having the right props is essential to my teaser trailer as it will make the audience understand what the genre is. For example using things like ropes, knives, fake blood to make it clear what the genre is making the audience scared as with these sort of props it would make them think and be scared.

Facial expressions/Body language - this is used to show how a character is feeling, for my genre I have an advantage as the victim will be making loads of facial expressions showing fear while the villain will just have a moody look. This will show there relationship and make it clear who is playing what role.

Make up/ costume/hair - all these will show what the character is like, there personality and what they think about themselves. I would want in my trailer for my victim to just be normal and not stand out, your average person with no weird clothing just normal.

Lighting - lighting is key for my genre as a horror teaser trailer  as we would not want bright lighting as it wouldn't fit the genre, we would want dull lighting making the film more scarier and setting a good scene as it will be causing mystery.

Positioning - positioning of the camera can draw attention to objects or characters, you can use this to show relationships between the characters and objects for example villain and knife.