Mise-en-scene

The mise-en-scene we use will be used mainly to create emotions of tension and suspense as they are conventional emotions of the thriller genre. The use of props will be important as our settings may not initially look how we want them to, for example, shots we attempt to do in the school may have props that are unnecessary or break the verisimilitude of the scene as they're out of place. Costumes will help the audience empathise with the characters or feel unsure about their motives, the way we will do this is by using lighter colours on the protagonists such as white or pink to connote innocence and purity. In contrast we will use darker colours such as grey or black with antagonists or people who are suspects to create suspicion for the audience.

Prop List

Police tape tells the audience that a crime has been committed, this creates discomfort and raises tension as a young child was involved so they will worry for her safety.


A missing child poster will be used to further connote the danger and desperation that is present throughout the film regarding the child's abduction.


We chose to use a clock to emphasise the mother's struggle with impatience and frustration, she takes out these emotions irrationally, this is connoted by the destruction of the clock with the baseball bat.

Make-up

To create more tension and adrenaline we will be using make-up that will make it appear as though a character is injured, this will make the audience anticipate a fight or violence in the film. The make-up artist will be Jemma Hunt, here's an example of her work.