We really wanted our scene to give off the feel of grittiness and danger. So, we put a lot of thought into the costume, props and mise-en-scene that we used and what colours were in each shot.
For the outside shots, we wanted the colour palette to be very dark, with possibly a few hints of red to connote danger. So we put our killer in red trousers, a black raincoat and a balaklava, we didn’t want to put him entirely in black because we felt this might be a bit too stereotypical and we wanted some colours to pop rather than to have an overly dark scene. We also used a dark blue car which further added to the lack of colour within the scene. This made both the trousers and the yellow sponge pop which we thought looked really good once edited in our final scene.
We wanted the interior shots of the party to be really bright and colourful, which will contrast against the previous shots. So we had everyone put on brightly coloured costumes and placed them in bright lighting with their party poppers and bright background. The colour palette of this scene will help to highlight the difference between the two halves of our film, and help to give the contrasting feels of dark and light scenes which I described in my previous blog post on existing products.
I feel that each member of the group shared a clear idea of what colours we wanted to include in each shot, and we planned this well which was what helped us to create shots that were visually appealing and gave the right feel.
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