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 Mise-en-scene can be described as the arrangement of the set as well as the characters in a film. This also includes things like costuming and music. I had a really fun time trying to figure out my mise-en-scene as it is the most creative part of a film in my opinion.  Here are the elements of mise-en-scene that will be seen in my film. 1. Costumes: As my opening follows teenagers in their journey to love  so to speak, the viewers will be seeing what high schoolers truly wear. This includes, for the girls, jeans or short and a basic top with sneakers  Depending on the character, like I know I want to make one of them super friendly and extravagant, their clothing will match. On to the topic of the love interests, I see them wearing the same colors in their own styles. This can be a cute little foreshadowing moment showing that they are meant to be together. Style Inspirations: 2: Set Design: For my set, I was hoping to do some sort of school yard moment when the love interests meet. A

 Hey everyone! So it's been a little while but I started writing my script!! Exciting right? Well through this process I've had a lot of time to reflect on my piece as well as many that have inspired me.  For starters, I have been saying since the beginning that I wanted an intro similar to that of He's Just Not That Into You . As I started to write, I honestly couldn't think of a way to make it happen. It was definitely a tricky tactic that would take forever for me to get right. While I didn't take that method, I still took something from the movie. The phone call interaction in the bar inspired me to translate that into our society, or at least attempt to. I found the script for the movie (screen shot below) and it was amazing. It didn't have many directions but it was really great to see my favorite movie and how it started.  Some concerns I had while starting to write my script was how I was going to fit all my ideas into my opening. Every time I started to