Research: Ideas for mise-en-scene/props/costume/cast

From the questionnaire that I got people to fill out and answer I found out that there was a mixture of answers for the question about what the two brothers should wear, and it was a mix between suits and casual wear, so I decided to have the best of both worlds.

For the shot of the brothers at their parents funeral, I've decided to have them wearing suits:

Carl's suit

Alex's suit

(Carl and Alex are my two brothers who have agreed to play the two brothers in the teaser trailer)

Alex's casual wear

And for the shots where they're running down the street and having a fight I would like them to be in casual clothes as they are just two normal men:

Carl's casual wear

I am going to act as the sister they don't know about in the one scene that she is featured in, however I am aware that the sister is suppose to be a couple of years older than her two brothers so I'm hoping my outfit and some makeup will help me achieve that look, if not then I will find someone else to film for that scene that looks the part.

Me in my outfit

Finally, the very first scene is of the parents feet walking up the driveway towards their house so I decided to include a picture of what shoes they would both be wearing:

Dad's shoes

Mum's shoes

Update

When I originally took these photos and planned these outfits it was September/October, however by the time I organised getting a film camera and a time to film for my teaser trailer it was the Christmas holidays which means the weather had changed dramatically and had gotten much colder; I only had to change my leather jacket to a winter coat thankfully so my outfit remained the same really, however my brothers changed both outfits:

Alex's new suit

Carl's new suit

Carl's new casual wear

Alex's new casual wear

Set Design: Majority of my sets and locations are outside because this triller is full of action, also I have some locations set in a residential area of a city where there will be lots of people to increase the danger - a common feature for thrillers.

And then the rest of my locations for example when they fight was set in a remote area to create more suspense.














Lighting:

• I wish to have the lighting fairly dark to create an atmosphere (suspense) and also to present the emotions of the actors that they are distraught but also angered. 
• I found a website that describes the different types of lighting formally used in the Thriller genre (click this link here)
• I have used the Back Lighting technique in the scenes at the graveyard; the sun is behind the actors and also quite low, this creates a shadow across their faces and they appear darker, this highlights the gloom that they are feeling.
• In the scene of the parents walking towards their house I used Top Lighting by filming this scene at dusk so that the audience while watching are focused on what they are doing but not to glamorise what they are doing, I have also slowed the scene down so with the speed and the lighting it creates an emotional effect as they walk towards their deaths.
  

Composition: In my teaser trailer the two main characters (my brothers) are constantly the main feature in each scene and even when a third person is in the shot (me), they are positioned at the back of the shot while the two brothers are positioned at the front to portray their importance.

Update
I have decided last minute that I will be adding a prop to my teaser trailer, a gun (a fake be-be gun that my grandad owns, and will not even have any of the fake plastic be-be bullets loaded inside of it). This will be used just for one shot in the teaser trailer and will hardly even be seen. Also, I will not need to worry about members of public being concerned about the sighting of a fake gun because I will be filming this shot in near dark in a secluded area which will not be disrupting any other members of public.