Mise-en-scene What does mise-en-scene mean? Everything in the scene What are the 6 key areas of mise-en-scene? Colour Costume Props Set Blocking Lighting Colour: How is colour used in the 3 below pictures? Red coat symbolises blood and death White dress which symbolises innocent and green Tint of green symbolises evil Looks like a wedding dress, symbolises purity Black and white hair half good half evil split personality Crow not an attractive bird
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Mise-en-scene
What does mise-en-scene mean?Everything in the scene
What are the 6 key areas of mise-en-scene?ColourCostumePropsSetBlockingLighting
Colour:How is colour used in the 3 below pictures?
Red coat symbolises blood and deathWhite dress which symbolises innocent and greenTint of green symbolises evilLooks like a wedding dress, symbolises purityBlack and white hair half good half evil split personalityCrow not an attractive bird
Costume:What can we interpret from these costumes? Costume represents cultural code,
allows audience to react differently to different characters.
Lower class, poor, council housing
Upper/middle class, professional, cleanly shaven
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Props:Option 1 - You have to provide props for a tense police interview between two officers and one suspected murderer. Decide what props you would incorporate and how the actors should be directed to use them.Option 2 – You have to provide props for a romantic meal between two characters on their first date. Decide what props you would incorporate and how the actors should be directed to use them.
Props needed:-Handcuffs-Hand gun-Voice recorder-Evidence fileHow would actors be directed to use them:-The handcuffs on the suspect-Handgun rested on the table pointed towards the suspect-Hands around the evidence file
Location:Can be a purpose built set or a real location
Blocking/Performance: Blocking refers to the positioning and movement of actors within the frame,
both in relation to each other and in relation to the camera (which represents us, the audience)
Performance covers all aspects of the actual acting – gesture, expression, accent etc
Lighting:How is lighting being used to create mood in the following examples?High key and low key lightingHigh key is bright lightingLow key lighting is darker which creates a more dramatic effectAmbient lighting is from the sun just natural lighting.
Low key shows danger and shadiness and conveys the moodBackground is dark which can show danger
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The light is on their faces which shows they are good guysRight image uses ambient lighting which reflects realism in the sceneWomen’s face is brighter whereas the guys is shaded
