Production Truly Begins

 Week 6

    Production has truly started. We have begun filming after setting up the scenes. The most prominent being the scene in our main characters room. As discussed before, we would use posters to display a "grungy" feeling. Here is a picture of said room.

 

A few prominent posters can be seen here. A few are songs and album covers from bands like "The Cure" and "My Chemical Romance". Each contain hints as to what our character is like. The songs include tales of depression and illness, as well as themes in freedom and creativity. These all mirror our characters interest.

    The next type of poster are the drawings. These show the creative nature of our character, Isabel. All the drawings display a sense of dread or somewhat melancholy. From skulls, to monsters, these posters all mirror the sorrow our character feels. The only poster that does not is the family picture in the bottom middle. 

  

  An important part of this opening scene is displaying the once innocent nature of Isabel lost due to the death of her older brother. It shows that despite the drugs she consumes, she still feels a connection to her a family. This sets up the final scene of the opening, where Isabel's mother walks in, showing how drug addiction affects everyone close to the addict.

    A few other props are the crosses seen at both sides of the room. This is more of a minor detail that our character comes from a Christian family. The values obviously rival what our character does to herself.

    

     All this mise-en-scene helps set up the background of our character in a way that shows and does not tell. It also mirrors how Isabel feels currently. Since our film is a drama, mise-en-scene must be relied upon heavily. I am very excited with how everything is going with the opening. Camila surprised me with the ideas for the posters above.