Mise-en-scene blog task.

 1) 

C- The younger characters costumes connote a halloween party dress up so they were dressing up, as it looks quite unserious.

L- The lighting is very dark which tells us it is night time. Considering the deepness of the darkness tell the audience it is around midnight which is conventional for a halloween movie and tells us it is for a maintsream audience.

A- The actors expressions are confused and concerned rather than scared. Which creates an enigma code making the audience wonder what they are looking at and what had just happened.

M- The characters makeup is clearly to demonstrate the character/ costume they've dressed up as for the halloween theme. Which further implies that whatever they are looking at from the enigma code was completely unexpected for the characters.

P- The male in the back is seen to be holding some sort of staff. Most likely as apart of his costume his chracter has dressed up as.

S- The setting seems to be in the middle of a car park, possibly, at night.Which is quite conventional for a halloween themed movie. 

These codes imply that the movie is a horroi movie however, the facial expressions and costumes imply that it is more of comedy which is a Hybrid Genre film

2)




C- In 'Just Go With It' the costumes are casual yet flirtatious as they are having a double date. Compared to 'Madea goes to jail' the costumes are prison costumes which are more serious and implies criminal activties and possible dangerous.
L- In 'Just Go With It'  the lighting is dimly lit to show the date night feature as well as the lightly lit candles which create an undertone of the characters faces that subtle shows love and care. Compared to 'Madea goes to jail' the lighting is dull and monotone, which connotes dullness and unhappiness in a way. 
A- The actors facial expressions in 'Just Go With It' is very sincere with intense eye contact, which tells the audience that the two characters `are possibly in love with each other. Compared to 'Madea goes to jail. Madea's facial expressions looks more concerned rather than enjoyable to the experience she is having.
M- The characters makeup is done very natural to show the imprisonment deeply, and that they're in a natural state in 'Madea goes to jail' Compared to 'Just Go With It' their makeup is quite sublte to show relaxness but visible to highlight the idea they are on a date.
P- The propps in 'Made goes to jail' are just clothes which show the minimilistic things prisoners get in prison but TT's brownies are quite unconventional as it would've been hard to her to make them in the prison which shows the comedy factor of the film. In 'Just Go With It' the propps of the drinks, food, table truly highlights that they are out on a date night food involved evening. The old phone shows the year the movie is made and set in and creates a romantic idea as old things are seen as quite romantic in the media.
S- The setting in 'Just Go With It' is a very put together and fancy dinner setting compared to 'Made goes to jail' which is an isolated prison cell setting.

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