Mise-En-Scene

04/04/17

• Mise-En-Scene is a French term meaning what is put into a scene or frame.
• Visual information in front of a camera.
• Communicates essential information to the audience.
• Made up of five different elements:

1. Setting and Props
2. Costume, Hair and Makeup
3. Facial expressions and Body Language
4. Lighting and Colour
5. Position of Characters and objects within the frame               

Setting and Props:

Setting and Locations play an important part in film making and are not just 'backgrounds'

Sets are either built from scratch or a great deal of time is spent to find a setting which already exists.

Settings can manipulate an audience by building certain expectations and then taking a different turn.

What settings and Props would you find in:

• Sci-fi: Space, Lab, Futuristic weapons, technology
• Romantic comedy:Everyday locations, flowers, room
• Horror: Dark rooms, a weapon

Costume, Hair, Makeup:

Acts as an instant indicate to us of a characters personality.

• Businessman
• Strict
• Boring
• Everything about work
• Could be a lawyer
• Smart

Facial Expressions and Body Language:

Provide a clear indicator of how someone is feeling.

Positioning of characters and objects within a friend:

Lighting and Colour
Can be used to achieve a variety of effects
Types of lighting:

• Low key lighting- deep, distinct shadows/silhouettes are formed (Horror)
• High key lighting-Produce brightly lit sets or a sunny day (Rom Com)

The scene looks like an action film because it has a big boat and loads of people. The location is like a deserted island with a big jungle and loads of rocks. It uses high key lighting as its a sunny day.

This is a scene from Gossip Girl. You can tell just from the costumes with the suits and the nice clothes that they are rich and stylish. Their facial expressions are neutral and give the impression that they are quite serious. The girl on the left looks quite girly with her skirt and her bag and the one in the middle has quite a gothic look. She has a sly smile on her face. The two guys at the end look like business men that are smartly dressed whereas the guy in-between the girls looks like a more laid back character.

The Setting and Props show how wealthy they are, they have a tidy and large home with big windows. The location is the upper east side of New York. The props are expensive, huge bouquets of flowers. The lighting is light which shows its not a horror programme, its a drama.