Mise-en-scene 2

MISE-EN-SCENE: The french term mise-en-scene means, what is placed in the frame. Everything that we see on screen has been deliberately put there to make meaning, the furniture we see in a room or the costume that a character is wearing.

SETTING AND PROP: This is where the actions of the film take place, they help us understand when and where the film is set. Setting and prop plays important role in mise-en-scene by contributing dramatic events. An example below is from the scene from a western film title THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

LIGHTING AND COLOUR: To the film director, lighting and colour is more than illumination that enable viewer to see the action. Lighting, like the other aspects of mise-en-scene, is a tool used by the director to convey special meaning about a character or the narrative to the viewer. Lighting and colour can also be used to manipulate what the viewer sees.

Fill light and key light is used to illuminate the

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Using light to create shadowy effect

COSTUME HAIR AND MAKE UP: This is one of the key ingredients in signaling to the audience what year or era the film is set in, the status of the character, as well as other character information. Sometime costume hair and make-up is used in creating an imaginary character

Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth in the film ‘Elizabeth:

The Golden Age’

Chiwatel Ejiofor in in 12 YEARS A SLAVE

An imaginary being portrait by

Angelina JolieIn ‘Maleficent’

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND BODY LANGUAGE: This aspect of mise-en-scene is based on the relationship between the actor and the director. The director decides what type of emotion they wish the actor to portray and asks the actor to walk or behave in a particular way.

In this mise-en-scene from ‘Die Hard’ Medium shot of The actor (Bruce Willis) is used to

showed facial expression and body language.

POSITIONING AND SPACE: This aspect of mise-en-scene help the audience or the viewer to understand when something important is happening within the frame.

Above frame shows: A character placed at the front of the frame with other characters in the background takes on particular importance in our understanding of what is

happening

VISUAL EFFECTS: are the processes by which imagery is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a live action shot. Visual effects involve the integration of live-action footage and generated imagery to create environments which look realistic, but would be dangerous, expensive, impractical, or simply impossible to capture on film. Visual effects using computer generated imagery has recently become accessible to the independent filmmaker with the introduction of affordable and easy-to-use animation and compositing software.