Sample Scene 5

We reshot our locker scene on the 20th January 2023. 

Our location was the school corridor we had previously used. However, as we were filming after school, we had to create verisimilitude by adding bags and coats, as well as Sasha walking past the camera to give the effect of it being a busy school. 

For the rest of the mise-en-scene, the posters were scribbled on and we printed them on yellow paper so that they'd look older. 

We decorated Mandy's locker similarly to before, adding some posters of films that inspired us such as Carrie (1976), and Jawbreaker (1999) to add intertextuality. The note at the bottom asks Mandy to go to prom, showing her as the popular scream queen. We decided to change the locker to Mandy's instead of Laurie's, as we felt it wouldn't've fit Laurie's personality to have her locker decorated like this. 

For the costume, we felt as if the idea of a clique wasn't visually anchored enough. We decided to place Mandy as the leader of the group, followed by Marion and Laurie. We based this on the example of Heathers (1988), and Mean Girls (2004). 

Because of this, we made changes to their costumes. Rather than have Laurie appear drastically different than the other two we made her wear the same skirt as Marion, but styled differently. We based these decisions off of Veronica in Heathers (1988). Here, Laurie wears Doc Martens and black fishnets to represent her rebellious attitude. Her jumper shows her as more conservative than the other two, and reflects her studiousness, along with her tied up hair and lack of makeup. 

For Mandy, we gave her a pink checkered skirt with a different design, to show her belonging to the group but reflect her superiority compared to the rest. She is wearing a tank top and no tights, and her showing more skin shows her promiscuity compared to Laurie. She wears heavy eye makeup and frequently reapplies her lipgloss. This and her high heels were chosen to make her cater to Mulvey's male gaze. 

Here is our edit: 

For the final shot, we decided to add a dutch angle of the girls shoes walking over a missing poster, and added it to our second rough cut.