Mise En Scene

Chick flicks tend to be set in suburban areas. Bedrooms and houses are key locations as well as schools.

There is often heavy use of high key lighting. The costume always tends to be very

‘fashion forward’. Props and costume are usually a direct mirror of the characters personality.

Characters tend to be very over animated.

What do I know?

We plan to dress our characters in a way which is ‘fashion forward’ connoting idealised ideas of youth

Our ‘popular girls’ will be dressed in darker colours in order to highlight that they’re cruel characters

We will make sure all our characters (excluding Jonathan, the lead male) will be dressed femininely to exacerbate the ‘chick flick’ genre.

Costume and Props

Our lead male Jonathan will be wearing glasses to highlight his ‘nerdy’ persona

Our female characters will be shot with shopping bags and mobile phones to satirise young females

We will use a bedroom set to show Abbie and Jonathan’s conversation to remind the audience that the characters are still young

Much of our film will be set outside in parks and shopping malls in order to again exacerbate the fact that our characters are young and care free

Location

We intend to use high key lighting throughout. The effect of this is that it should lighten the mood of the film and will be one of the key features which create a light hearted and up beat mood as conventional of the genre.

Lighting

Chick Flicks and renowned for having ‘over-animated’ characters

We don’t wish to make our characters too dramatic as this could come across as very fake and cheesy

In saying this, we intend for our characters to exaggerate their actions often through the use of ‘hair flicks’ and both facial and hand gestures

Behaviour and Actions

Overall we intend to use lots of genre conventions in reflection to the mise en scene for our film. The reasoning for this is that mise en scene is at the very core of any genre. Where cinematography, editing and sound can be followed more loosely, it’s imperative that mise en scene is nailed down in order to reflect the themes and messages of a chick flick.

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