Film's for Inspiration

As we have decided on our pitch and came up with the storyline, we have decided to look into films using chess for inspiration on shot types Mise en Scene etc.


                                                         THE SEVENTH SEAL

This screen shot is from the film The Seventh Seal where death plays a game of chess with a knight. We like the Mise en Scene here, having it in black and white really adds to the film giving it a thriller type feel. 

HARRY POTTER

This is a screenshot from the first Harry Potter film. The board here is well thought out and we thought the sounds used in this scene are very affective. When the pieces are getting moved forward, the sound that goes with it is quite chilling for the spectator.

X-MEN 

This is the chess scene from X-men. They are both wearing black and white which also have a hidden meaning as well as the board. Although in our sequence we will only be using one player, playing with himself. We are doing this because we want the killer to be more Psychologically disturbed.

DRAG ME TO HELL


We looked at the scene as we wanted a hand to be tapping the fingers we think it build suspense very well. We found the scene and whist looking at the sound we decided that the hand was creepy looking so the Mise en Scene here is used well with sound.