Mise-en-scene project.

 Our mise-en-scene project was a really fun one, in which we had to develop the identity of a random character, and we had to have a description of our character, a mood board, a representation of the setting and a tactile element which represented them.

This activity was in groups of four, in which we divided the work, and for my part of the project, I had to do the description. Our character, Nina Carter, was a former jazz singer, with a sharp wit and a love for storytelling. She lives in a cozy apartment filled with records and memories, often sharing life lessons with younger neighbors. My goal was to be able to make our viewer know who she was, using photos, short descriptions, and colors. 

We created some really cool things, for example, in the description of the setting, in my group we found a website, in which we could create a bedroom, and design it in our way. This ended up being the coolest part of our project, because not only it was really creative and was much more that what we needed to do, but it was also really interactive, because people could move in the room, and interact with it. 

In our station, we organized our elements by having three laptops, each with a different thing (description of the character, representation of the setting, and mood board), and for the tactile element, we had a desk with a record player, which I think matched perfectly our character, since she was a former jazz singer.

(image of the record player)

We developed our character using in our presentation lots of reds. This color represents passion and energy, and like Nina was a former jazz singer, we thought that it matched with her identity. Also, because she was an elegant person, and red is an elegant color. We included two pictures of her, in one she is wearing a very elegant long red dress, and in the other she is wearing a total white outfit with a red shirt. The white in this picture represents purity, this also matches her because she is an old woman, and usually, old people are really good, and also innocent, which this color also represents.

I really liked my group, and I think that we all did a great job on this project, and put many effort into it. Our final outcome was great, because the design and style of all three elements kind of matched, and that gave our character, Nina, a better representation, and I think it made it easier for the people visiting our station to understand and connect with our character because of the styles, and designs. 

Link to our project :)