Final Decisions

	Horror – Genre conventions. What would audiences expect from horror genre conventions? What are other successful films doing?	Our film. How will your group reflect genre conventions in choices? Will you follow expectations or go against them? How will the audience feel about your choices?
Costumes	In horror films, costumes can use two techniques. Either they can de-humanise a character and make him look abnormal and menacing (Prime examples being Frankenstein, Saw). Or they can go for an innocent looking character wearing old clothes. People look to this as being almost haunted and if a character acts too loving, it can be seen as being possessed.	In our film we will use sunglasses to hide the characters identity away from the audience as if they do not know who to trust within the film. Sharp suits will be used to show the professionalism of the character and also to insinuate how serious he is about his job.
Lighting	Horror lighting is usually low key to create tension and a sense of danger. I feel subconsciously, everyone is afraid of the dark even if they do not admit to it, and this is because they do not know what is in the dark. Directors can make any scene tense, but having a character walking through a haunted house without lighting adds an element of danger, even if there is nothing to worry about.	The decisions we have made for lighting consists of two types.  One lighting will be to put across the tension to the audience and they will be low key lighting, dark rooms. This makes the audience on edge wondering what is around every corner. The other lighting that we have decided to do is for our action scenes, which is fast paced camera action with bright lights constantly beaming into the scene.
Mise-en-scene	Mise en scene is usually a very stereo-typical way to display the setting within a film. Straight away an audience will know what the genre of the film is from the setting. If you see a castle towering above enchanted forest on a bright sunny day, you will think that it is a fairy tale. If a setting consists of a low key lighted room, with blood against the walls you will think it is a horror movie. Mise en scene is a way of telling a story through art or a design.	The scene that we will use is modern and sleek, as these are MI5 agents and it is an action thriller. We will try to go to the bullring and record their as it is a public area in the core of the city (similar to our film) with modern surroundings and innocents around. It is also important that we add lots of lighting effects after recording.
Props	Within a horror film, props are usually very gory and over the top. They make it the most horrific way to die as they know that is what their target audience is coming to see. For example a garden fork is unique and un ordinary, it is also a horrible way to be killed as a gun is fast and almost painless.	Our props consist of using a handgun and having the hankerchief. The handgun shows professionalism as it is a fast and tidy way to kill someone (Much like an MI5 agent) and because realistically it is the only replica of a gun we could get a hold of. The hankerchief is unique to the Agent as he leaves it on all his enemies after he has executed them, his catchphrase will be ‘Clean yourself up.’