Planning of Opening Scene

In our opening scene we have decided to include the following features in our opening scene:




Costume






Character 1:

• Wearing Black - to represent the foreboding of death, or the dying of the character
• Coat/ layers - to show the harsh realities of the world now
• Mud on shoes, clothes, under fingernails - to show lack of water, washing and the idea of having to 'get your hands dirty'
• Other aspects to show lack of care now taken - chipped nails, lack of possessions, frizzy, unkept hair

Character 2:

• Black - to blend into environment/ darkness and to forebode the characters' death
• Smudged Make-up - to show there's been a struggle between the characters 2 and 3

Character 3:

• Ripped Clothes - show the lack of care or humanity left in the character
• Ordinary Clothes - to show how this disease overtook the character in an everyday normal situation

Props

• Bag - the same bag character 2 uses in the flashback to represent the relationship and the clinging to the past that character 1 displays
• Lighter, can of food, torch, bottle of water - show normal items of significance you'd need in this situation
• Photo - shows memories and importance of character 2 in character 1's life. Represents the trigger that causes the madness at the end of the opening scene

Lighting

• Dark in the bad flashback to increase danger and tension in the scene
• light in the rest to show its the morning and to emphasise that this madness could happen at any time of day.
• Cloudy overall to show the constant bleakness and hopelessness in this time