Unit 1Mise-en-scene and Sound

Jessica Owen

Lighting

• When the girls are in the cave, most of the light that is used is practical lights to make it look like how they would see it. For example, the night vision that is used to show how dark the caves would be.

• In the film, Juno uses a huge green glow stick, this is because the director didn’t want to use huge set lights to light the studio as it would of taken some of tension of the atmosphere away.

Props

• Props can vary from climbing gear to prosthetic body parts. For example, when Holly’s

• An important prop in the film is the hook that is climbing gear, however, when the creatures are introduced it turns into a weapon. Not just to kill the creatures, its also used to kill Beth this means that this piece of climbing equipment is really important to the film.

Costume

• Costumes are very important to the films, especially in The Descent because the creatures will have to have a lot of work to ensure they look weird and scary. It took the make up artist 2 hours to do each creature and make they look how the director wanted them to look.

Colour

• Whenever the girls are in the cave, the lights give off a red glow, this is because red symbolizes blood and blood and gore are one of the main themes in this film.

• Also green is a main colour in the film because of the many scenes of night vision that are used. This is because the director wanted the audience to see the film exactly how the characters would.

Diegetic

• Most of the sounds in the film are diegetic sounds, because you would actually hear all the noises like footsteps and water dripping if you actually go caving.

Non-Diegetic

• There aren’t a lot of non-diegetic sounds in the descent as there are no voice overs. The only non-diegetic sound is the music that is played to built tension and to create suspense.