Props, Mise en Scene and Location for Narrative

For the narrative, we will need some props to ensure the message we are aiming to portray will play out and be clear to the audience. For example, we are following the story of Virginia Wolfe's suicide, so we will need pebbles for Stef to pick up and put in her pockets before she jumps into the lake. Emily has some pebbles that she has been using for photography, so we will be using those! In terms of further props, there are no main things we need. However we will be making sure Stef is wearing boots so that we can film her taking them off next to the lake, inspired by the close up shot of the feet in The Kook's video for 'Bad Habit'.


However, the mise en scene in which we will be filming our narrative is extremely important. We need to ensure we keep to a woodland setting to conform to this convention of the indie pop/rock genre, but we also need to find the right lake and to make sure its safe for Stef to jump into. Therefore, we will be using a pond/lake at Forty Hall, which is deep enough to look effective, however still shallow enough so that we can convince Stef to jump in! We also need to make sure the lake is surrounded by trees for any point of view shots, not only to keep to the rural settings that we have already used, but also to create the feel that the protagonist is trapped and "suffocating".