When we constructed our characters we relied on the mise en scene to reveal who they are as we didn't include any dialogue. Our three main characters represented particular social groups:
The busy business woman
This character was an inspiration for our mise en scene from Panic room. This shot from the city shows a business woman, like the ones in Broken alliance. we wanted to represent the females in our sequence like this to appeal to the female audience. We tried to make our characters look like the stereotypical business women with the trench coat, high heels and bag, similar to this character from panic room. However with the business woman who dropped the device in the cup, we decided to put her in an all black outfit and sunglasses to reinforce the mystery.
Homeless person
when we were constructing the character of our homeless person we wanted him to look as realistic as possible. We googled pictures of homeless people to see the kind of mise en scene we would need for him. I think we achieved this successfully through the use of make up, old clothes, a throw, biscuit crumbs and a dirty cup to represent a homeless person. The difference was, as this is an action thriller which is meant to be suspenseful, we made him an undercover tramp, illustrated by the device, rather than an ordinary one.
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