Set Design / Mis-En-Scene

    Mis-En-Scene is important for our film as we need the set and actors to look the part for the roles we gave them. 

    For set design we decided to go with a dining room table and chandelier for the mob setting. We didn't have many resources to make huge changes to our set, so we decided this would fit the mob meeting the best. With dimmed lighting and a simple background, the dining room was easily our first choice for the set. As for the police station set, we found it best to film in a dimly lit room with paperwork scattered on the tables, as we couldn't find a suitable location for our detective scenes. 

    For costume design, we needed to take inspiration from other mob films that resembled our plot and theme.

    The mobsters were much easier to design as we had tons of examples and movies to go off of. We decided the mobster would be wearing unbuttoned shirts dress shirts, with wife beaters underneath, while wearing accessories such as gold watches, chains, and earrings. We wanted the mobsters to look much less professional than the mob boss, to set the tone and difference between the two. The wife beaters gave the perfect look of a kind of New Jersey mobster, while still not being to trashy.

    For the mob boss, we decided they would be wearing a simple black dress shirt, and dress pants. As we knew we wouldn't be showing his face, we decided to go for a much more basic yet intimidating look. Dressed in all black, it was easy to see the importance, as well as the ill intentions behind them. Costume design for the main antagonist is a very important process, which is why we wanted a more plain and mysterious look, not revealing too much about them. 

    For the detectives costume design, we wanted them to be much more professional and well dressed, to show their level of importance and motives. Simply wearing business casual attire, with a badge clipped on was enough, as we didn't want to complicate the design. Taking inspiration from multiple shows and movies, we noticed we needed to show a working look, maybe having one of them with their tie undone and shirt untucked, could show they were hard at work, and not taking a break.