Post Apocalyptic Planning: Mise en Scene and Props

For the opening, we require numerous types of Mise en Scene for different scenes within the piece.

The Wooden Cabin Scene:

For all of the shots within the wooden cabin, we require the Mise en Scene to be fairly sparse to show to the audience that this is not a planned visit for the Protagonist and that he did not plan to be awakening in this location. To put this idea across to the audience, we want the colours and props within the scene to be sparse but related to the character (e.g. the characters walking staff and rucksack etc.)



Props:

The Protagonist required certain props to show to the audience that he had been surviving in this post apocalyptic world for a lengthy amount of time. In order to do this, we came up with the idea to add a walking staff to his costume design along with a rucksack. We wanted the walking staff to suggest to the viewer that this character ventures around the landscape, constantly searching for other survivors and new places to set up camp.





We wanted the rucksack to suggest to the viewer that this survivor has been, again, surviving for a lengthy amount of time and has collected numerous items along his travels. As well as this we wished to suggest that the character themselves feels as if they need this rucksack in case of any important objects becoming a necessity for his survival.