In this task, we were allocated the genre of heavy metal to create a mood board around, tying in different conventions of the genre through images and words. This allowed us to get a sense of idea and direction to what kind of outfits and looks were specific to metal and how we could use mise-en-scene to convey the intended genre.
Typical conventions of the metal genre are:
- Black Clothing
- Leather
- Dark Colour Palettes
- Aggressive poses
- Guitars
- Devil Horns hand sign
- Black and Red
Our Photos:
With a clear understanding of the conventions of metal, we put together images that represented the genre and tying in all elements of mise-en-scene such as props, costumes, facial expressions to try and create the correct connotations for the audience.
Our class was given post-it notes to be stuck onto each model and write what connotations our model had. The connotations were ‘cool’ and rebel’ which helped our group confirm that the audience had decoded our model correctly to fit the intended genre.
Our Final Pictures:
These final photos were selected as they displayed the most amount of metal conventions out of all the photos. More specifically, the sunglasses put these photos apart from ones without them as they further reinforce the ‘cool’ connotations of the genre. By choosing carefully and applying mise-en-scene into my own photos I now know as a producer how to create certain connotations and how to associate a model with a certain genre. Going forward, for my music magazine I will be fully equipped with the capabilities of using mise-en-scene to allow my magazine model to represent a genre of my choice, allowing my audience to be able to decode what the magazine will be about, without the need to read the entire magazine.
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