Film & TV Language: Mise-en-scene recreation practical task

 Plan

The Blair Witch Project - Apology scene

I will be recreating from 0:00 to 0:30

Costume: To replicate the original character I got my actor to wear a white beanie, as no other elements on the screen will be seen.

Lighting: The lighting is overall dark, but I used my phone flashlight to be the harsh light on the side of her face.

Actors expressions: I made sure she looked as sad and pitiful as possible, just like the original. 

Make-up: She is wearing no make-up because the original has a very raw, bare face.

Props: There are no props.

Setting: I filmed in a room with a black background so I could get the lighting as dark as possible. 

Script.

In a dark room, a harsh light on the side of her face, which has quite a pitiful expression. 

Heather: I just want to apologise to Mike's mum.. and Josh's mum

Trembling breath, almost crying.

Heather: I'm sorry to everyone.

Still, with tremoring breath.

Heather: I was very (she looks away) naïve.

Her tremoring voice becomes even more intense.

Heather: (now crying) I am so..so sorry for everything.

SHOT-LIST:

Shot 1 - One very extensive one-shot, which zooms in entirely onto the actors face.

THE RECREATION: 

When trying to recreate thus scene of TBWT I first told my actor to wear a white beanie to replicate what is on the original woman's head. When we got to filming we went to an empty music room and made use of the black background to give us a more heavy black out look, and shot using a camera. Moreover, I then held my phone flashlight to the right side of her face to mimic the unnatural lighting in the original, I then filmed this in one go, as it is a one-shot which does not require cuts or stopping at different points. I then loaded the film footage onto my google drive, and added it to my edit, I then added a black background and the footage as a layer over whilst curving the edges to give it it's original look. This was the end of my filming and editing process.