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Red-handed: A Senior Mise en Scene Illustration by Alanna Rice (2012)

In my mis en scene, we follow my character as she mugs an innocent man after not receiving a much needed bonus at her job. After discovering that she may be evicted from her house due to behind payments, she is desperate for money to pay her debt. After not receiving the bonus that could help her out of her situation, she mugs a man and accidentally kills him in the process. Despite the terrible crime she committed, she takes his wallet anyway, leaves the body, and continues home. My composition was originally a photograph manipulated in Photoshop, then uploaded to Illustrator to be live traced. In the picture, I emphasize the secluded alley that this event is taking place in with the dark trees and fencing on either side of her. The blood on her hands is brilliant and red, while her facial expressing is rather uncaring. This is supposed to show how sinister this deed is; she is not emotionally stirred by taking one's life if it means she can pay her rent at the end of the day.
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