Monday, October 27, 2025

                             Mise-en-scene  

The goal of our project was to create a multimedia character station, so that the audience could learn about our character. We had to choose a character description and discuss how we would develop our character through physical representation, setting, and audio. Our station had to be creative and engaging, having a visual, audio, and tactile experience. We were able to utilize 3-4 computers/headphones and any other objects we wanted to bring in. We had to have a character description, mood board that represents our character, setting representation, audio elements, and tactile representation. We were able to organize these elements however we chose, but visitors had to be able to easily access all elements with minimal direction. On presentation day, we had 15 minutes to set up our station. The station had to be self guided. None of our group members were allowed to be at the station when there were visitors. Visitors spent 7 minutes at every station.

Our characters name was James Lewis. He was a very quiet and mysterious British man who hides his past. He likes to watch things from the side; a private person whose eyes see everything but tells nothing about himself. He only speaks when necessary; his voice is low; his tone portrays no emotions. His silence and keeping to himself makes him seem like a puzzle. As his story moves forward, the secrets he's kept safe will be revealed: he used to be a big fan of the furry community and was also very involved in the community, and he also had a major problem with gambling. He now enjoys gardening and has a garden of his own. To illustrate our character, we created a mood board of pictures we thought represents his character. We also made a thing on audio elements to show what music he would listen to. 

Here is the mood board we created to represent James lewis:

Here is our audio elements. We made it interactive, so that when you were to tap on one of the artists
name, it would start playing a song of theirs.

We created all of our elements using multiple websites. We created our character description on Microsoft word, our mood board/setting on Canva, and our audio elements on Powerpoint. We developed our character through set design, props, and costume design. For costume design, we brought a navy blue hoodie as a tactile item to portray his everyday clothing. We also brought a prop, which was a plant from his garden. For set design we had an image of his bedroom and what it would look like. 

I think me and my groups portrayal of our character was well made. I really liked our representation of audio elements for James Lewis. I created the mood board which I think also did a good job on representing our character through images.

Here is the folder of all elements: Multimedia Mise-en-scene