When I was taking test shots for our trailer I really had to focus on the mise en scene to fit with the horror genre and not only that, to fit with our narrative. I focused on the lighting, costume of the actors, the props and the locations of our trailer. The costumes worn were pretty straight forward and simple in the sense that it was more home wear and casual outfits. The lighting was very important in mise en scene as I had to keep it mostly dull and dark but there were some scenes which were too bright that we dimmed but still looked bright. I had to focus on the scenery, especially the time of the year which was Christmas so having Christmas decorations in the back was vital and of course the Christmas tree. The main focus of mise en scene was the locations as we wanted to follow our storyboards as much as possible and keep the locations very relevant to the narrative and the horror genre. We filmed in areas like the graveyard which connote death and links with our narrative, we filmed in places like: back garden, the streets, in school and the main location which was the house. Many horror films use homes as a definition of safety but that is not always the case.
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