Mise en scene research

Location research

We research the location which we wanted to use by visiting the location before hand and as we knew  the person who lived in the location which we were planning to film in enabled us to get permission to film in the location instantly and therefore there was nothing to worry about.

 We decided to use Grace's house as the inside of the house was perfectly suited to the image which we were tying to portray through the film opening with a very 'very girly' bedroom and a plain university bedroom which is the boy's bedroom and looked entirely different from the other bedroom and made it look like we were using another location but in actual fact it was in the same house as the girls bedroom, this was perfect as this could make our filming more efficient and saves time from asking permission from another person to use their house  and having to film on another day as well as the initial day which we planned to film on.

This is an image of Grace's bedroom in her house. We used this location for the "Girly" bedroom for phoebe because we thought  taking into consideration the bed sheet covers and the posters on the wall were very representative of a "girly" and typical stereotypical teenage girl, therefore was the most appropriate to portray the image of Phoebe in our film opening.

This is an image of the room which Dan was sitting in during the phone call. We used this room because we thought it was representative of a 'Typical University room'.

This is the staircase which we filmed Phoebe walking into the house from and then when Phoebe walks up the stairs and we pan upwards as she walks up.

This is the outside of Grace's house. We filmed the establishing shot from outside here and when Phoebe walks into her house.

This is the outside of Grace's House where we filmed the establishing shot too.

Prop research

 Two Phones
 Matching Bracelets
 Pictures of the couple
 Laptop
 Swivel Chair
 Textbooks and general uni equipment 
 Male Shirt

Above are the props which we  require for our film opening. With the following props we are trying to achieve a clear image for our audience watching our opening that the storyline is based on a relationship between two young people, the girl being younger and the boy studying higher education at university hence the props we are using such as, Laptop, Textbooks, general uni equipment, mobile phone and a swivel chair. We thought by using these props we could portray a clear understanding of the story line and present it as a real life situation especially by using the props which we have used.

Costume research
When choosing the costume we were going to use in our film opening we decided to look at typical trends of which men wear. Therefore we decided as the 'Boyfriend' in our film opening is at university we thought a shirt was most appropriate and with the girl which the boyfriend is initially cheating on with his real girlfriend we decided that the girl ( Alex) should wear a males shirt as it showed that it was something of Dan's which she was borrowing which shows that there is a connection between Dan and Alex with Alex wearing Dan's shirt and indeed shows how he is cheating on his girlfriend.

Whereas with Phoebe ( the actual girlfriend) she was wearing normal jeans and a jumper which coincides the fashion trends of teenager girls and we also chose this as we wanted it to look very casual when we were filming so more informal rather than formal wear for Phoebe.

Lighting and colour research

When research the lighting and colour before we were actually going to film we are going to check the weather forecast for the day we are initially going to film because the lighting and colour which we want throughout the whole of our film opening is natural daylight therefore we are going to find the weather forecast for the day we film so that the lighting is very much natural daylight and so that the lighting and colour is very much consistent throughout we are going to film throughout the day so that it remains consistent throughout.