Mise en scene (Party room/ drug den)

When creating the setting for some of the shots it was really important to consider the context of the shots. In this location we shot most of the drug related shots. It was important to portray the gritty lifestyle of our protagonist. I really wanted to make sure that it wasn't glamorized and that it seemed gritty and unclean. I aimed to make it look like there had been previously a party there and nobody had bothered to clean up, leaving empty beer bottles and food packaging around.

                       

                           
I put a sleeping bad and a portable heater inside to make it have a sort of squat feel to it, suggesting that the protagonist had a difficult home/ work life which meant that sometimes he had to sleep on the sofa with a sleeping bag. This highlights the kind of poverty some working class live in which works well with the key themes which are often explored in the genre.

The walls are all bare, so that it is clear this isn't a family home and doesn't have any positive or friendly feeling elements.


                           
The white powder substance is a cocaine placebo, the baggy reinforces this drug use and the lighter indicates smoking alongside a large amount of empty alcoholic containers which again is suggestive of some of the key themes and concepts explored within similar media products such as alcoholism and drug abuse.