mise-en-scene

gangster

teen romance

thriller

action

gangster

The best one for Mise-En-Scene would be the gangster picture. The picture denotes to people in an alley way doing a deal, they are dressed in dark clothing, whilst handing something to the other person. The pictures setting in an alleyway connotes a typical place where a deal might happen, in terms of product design the location for some sort of deal is particularly good along with the use of money being a prop adds for authenticity to the picture.

I feel that the lighting of the picture perhaps let it down a touch as the picture denotes it is day time with light coming in to the picture mainly from the top right of the picture. Perhaps if the picture had been shot later into the evening so the natural light was darker then it would have t he picture better. However, because it is a low angle shot much of the lighting is actually cut off, whereas if the angle was straight on more light would have come into the shot therefore making the shot worse.

In terms of acting and performance, i feel it was done fairly well both Bleu and Franki are in role. The picture denotes how both actors aren't looking at each other or smiling/laughing in the picture. This can connote how both actors are in role and are committed to the picture. 

I feel that costume was one of the better things within the picture, which denotes Bleu wearing a dark hoody and Franki also wearing dark clothing as well. This can connote more authenticity to the shot as both look like they are more in role due to their attire, as well as having some time restraints I feel that the costume maybe the best out of the 4 pictures.

I feel that this image was the best as it did have a lot of things that made it a look authentic and believable that it could have been a scene from a gangster film and be on the back of a DVD with 1 or 2 improvements..

action

I think this is the worst picture out of the 4, within the picture you can see many things wrong which make it unclear as too what is even happening in the image as well as it doesnt look very much like a scene you would see on the back cover of a DVD action film.

I think that the lighting wasnt particularly good, the picture denotes a mixture of artificial lighting and natural light coming through into the image. to improve the lighting there needed to be less of it, as well as it could have come from just a certain area seeping into the picture, this would then make the picture darker and have a better feeling to it.

In terms of costume which wasnt thought out very well. The picture denotes Bleu wearing a jumper with blue jeans on as well as Josh wearing jeans a bag and top. The costume perhaps would have been fine if the location as better as then we could have connoted a chase scene within the image. However in this image they are in a building and i feel perhaps the costume may have been improved if they wore moire sports wear to fit the location of the image.

The location of the image is actually set in a hallway with leading stairs to the gym, maybe having a running scene inside was not particularly authentic or believing. The image may have benefited from the location being in a alleyway of some sort making the picture look like a chase scene and thus more authentic.

The camera language that was used within this picture perhaps was not very well done, as the image denotes a straight on angle, with a long shot of Bleu but then a mid shot of Josh as he comes closer to the camera. Perhaps we could have canted the angle or made it a low angle with a long shot of both of them. This would perhaps have made the scene more exciting and more believable that it was an action scene.

To sum up i feel that this image had a lot wrong with it and with more time we could have made a lot of improvements to make it look and feel like a better action scene.