Mise-en-Scene

On this post I will be writing about 'Mise-en-scene' which is the French meaning of " Everything in the scene of frame".

The five elements of the Mise-en-scene are:

Setting and Props
Settings and Locations have an important part in the film making, Setting can manipulate an audience by building certain expectations and then taking a different turn.

Costume, Hair and Make-up
Costume, Hair and Make-up lets us understand what time the film was made eg; present days, society or culture.

Facial expressions and body language

- lighting and colour
- positioning of characters and objects in the frame.

Colour works on the subconscious mind to create mood.
For example in the movie 'We need to talk about Kevin' we see the colour red a lot. This shows us the whole way through that there will be death even that we do not see anyone die or any blood but we hear that he has killed so many people and the colour red has been representing that the whole way through the movie.

Denotation - the literal description of n idea, concept or object
Connotation - what we associate with a particular idea, concept or object

Positioning of Characters and Objects within a frame

Objects and Character can be in the foreground middle - ground or background. This can emphasise the relative importance of the object or character.

Deep focus

Where both foreground and background are in focus. This enables the audience to choose where to look.