Representation: Setting

To dress the setting according to representation of the genre and mood of the scene we must take props and lighting into account.

Firstly, we wanted to dress the room to show that it belongs to a teenage boy. This was made quite easy for us because the room we are filming in is already a teenage boy's room.

Conventions of the teenage boy's room which were already fulfilled:

• Band posters
• Instruments: Electric guitar, drum kit, amps
• Boy's clothes thrown around the room
• Unmade bed
• Laptop
• Desk with school books and stationary for work

Therefore, we did not have much dressing of the set to do inside, apart from moving iconic props, like band posters, into shot when they are not. We got inspiration from Kick-
Ass for this aspect of our representation.

Opening of Shaun of the Dead

Secondly, we tried to fulfil regional identity by showing that it is set in Britain. In our first set of inside the bedroom, we showed the nationality through English band posters and through the British accents of the actors. In our second location, we film in the street outside the house, showcasing the traditionally British terraced and semi-detached housing which is typical of London houses. Our film reference for this representation of setting is Shaun of the Dead.