Mise-en-Scene Planning

I believe that mise-en-scene is a very important part of a production as each prop, appearance and costume should have a reason or meaning to be in the frame. I would like the femme fatal to be seen as a male protagonist being broken and believing her innocence after a murder. Therefore, acting like a male protagonist, adding in the film noir typical conventions and making the production a success I think that i have a lot of props to research and purchase for this 2.5 minute production.

Props

I would include an old fashioned dresser into the frame with a mirror attached because that is where the femme fatal will be sat removing her foundations (make-up). Researching 1920's dressers now they look much more antique with more drawers, a  sharp wooden effect and a glossy finish. However, mine is more Victorian based and is completely white-washed. Although the film will be black and white and therefore the dresser will not seem so much newer compared to other props such as the flapper dress the femme fatal will be wearing. The mirror attached to the dressing table will be used for camera and composition for almost over the shoulder shots with the actress. 

I would like to get some whiskey and a whiskey glass to use for the real production to try and shoot through the glass and work on a kind of kaleidoscope image. I am hoping this effect would work or to shine light through it to create a disco ball-lighting effect around the room. As the location is my bedroom the walls are painted a very light pink-peach colour and therefore looks similar to that of dull walls. I cannot change the walls however, as the film will be black and white they will look almost grey in colour. My curtains are also a grey colour which will be okay to use as they let light in and may work well with the lighting side, I will experiment this on the run-through without all props. If this doesn't work I may have some older and thicker curtains that do not let as much light in.

I really want the femme fatal to be extremely broken and act as though she was very devious following the evening I will be filming. Therefore, I would like her make-up to be extremely heavy as many women wore in the 1920's. I would like to research the general outfit from the 1920's flapper and femme fatal to make sure she is not shown as the girl next door. At the ending many may feel that she is the girl next door because she will be admitting to all her mistakes including what happened that evening. I want her outfit to be very flirtatious as though she really has gotten somebody in trouble, deep trouble. 

I will need to purchase a fake weapon, which i would like to be an old shotgun as she will be looking over this during the start of the production as a reminder of what she has done. I would also like there to be some homemade polaroids scattered around the room, especially on the mirror where the femme fatal can pull them off in disgust at what she has done. These polaroids will include photographs of a desirable anti-hero that she had fallen in love with, and yet ruined everything with a single gun shot. On the dressing table there will also be an old style hair brush and something for her to take her foundations (make-up) off with. Becoming a different person.


Equipment 
I am going to need different equipment for this production such as my microphone, my Nikon D5200 and fish-eye lens to make her look secluded, tripod and possibly both of my flash's to add more lighting as I do not have the radiant lights at home.