Case Study On Mise-en-scene in Beautiful People By Christina Low

Costume and Hair BEFORE No logos Looks very cheap Liked to wear dresses Nylon tracksuits Clothes with heavy Patterns Chunky shoes are Worn in school The school uniform is Not modified by the Students. All the boys have middle partings and girls tend to have their hair scraped back. Hairstyles are typical of those in the nineties. Very fashion conscious style. A ‘normal’ modern hair style A lot of designer clothes. Clothes look very expensive

Setting Weather looks perfect. Shows flashes of money- shows wealth. Shows many designer boutiques such as Dolce &Gabbana. People there look happy. The streets all look very clean and well kept.

Setting 2 Very industrialized. bad weather Looks very dirty and dingy. A lot of graffiti. No designer boutiques. The complete opposite of New York Furthest away the characters go on holiday is Slough Inside the house the décor is very old fashioned, and is not at all modern.

Props No mobile phones. The phones are still very old. No plasma televisions etc. The television programme shown is an old clip of Eastenders, which was probably televised over 10 years ago. They drink ‘homemade wine’ suggests that they can’t afford proper wine.

Speech/Dialogue No modern words such as ‘innit’ or the constant use of ‘like’. Simon insinuates that his mum is an alcoholic, his sister has gone out with every boy in the street, his dad has being playing away, and it is also mentioned that his aunt use to be addicted to prescription drugs.