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MISE EN SCENE is a French Expression that means staging an action MISE EN SCENE in Cinema Studies refers to all the visual elements within the frame that and support the telling of the story ID: 813529

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Mise-en-scene

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What is it?

MISE EN SCENE is a French Expression that means ‘staging an action’.

MISE EN SCENE in Cinema Studies refers to all the visual elements within the frame that and support the telling of the story:

Setting,

Lighting,

Costumes, and

Acting Style.

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Mise

-en-Scene

Usually works subtly on viewer’s emotional and intellectual responses without them necessarily consciously noticing how this is being done.

Can be used to create symbolism for character traits, themes and social values.

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Mise-en-Scene

By learning to look at a film analytically, we can see how each element can be used by filmmakers to ‘position’ the viewer, cueing them into much more than the mere surface meaning of the film.

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The Green Lantern (2011) – Ryan Reynolds

Acting Style

Lighting

Costume

Setting

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The setting

is the physical location of the film – the countryside, the city, the room, a futuristic place.

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Setting

Naturally, most films have more than one setting and the various characters travel from one setting to another.

The film setting does more than simply physically locate the action of the film; it can:

Create or express the mood of the film,

Can be used to represent an extension of a character’s state of mind.

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A setting..

Changes in setting can alert us to important themes, signaling:

NEW START

CHALLENGES

DISASTER

SUCCESS LOSS, ETC

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Props

Are objects that appear in the setting,

Often provide clues about the characters,

Can reappear from scene to scene & setting to setting,

These repeated images are called MOTIFS.

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Lighting

Is the manipulation of light to selectively highlight specific elements in each scene so that they appear in a particular way.

This is one of the most complex and powerful techniques that filmmakers use to create atmosphere and meaning.

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Lighting

Light generates much of the distinctive mood of the film and can be used to indicate

The time of day or night,

The seasons,

The state of mind of a character, or

Enhance a theme.

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When discussing the use of light, we need to consider 4 elements:

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Lighting Considerations

The

colour

, intensity and texture of light,

The use of light to frame specific elements in a shot,

The direction that the light comes from, andThe absence of light when shadows are used.

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Activity –

consider the lighting in the following photos. Which words would you associate with each shot & why? Use the following table as a guide for your notes.

Shot 1

Word Bank

Shot 2

Word & reason for selecting

that word.

Sinister – Violent

Criminal – Vengeful

Hero – Conquering

Depressed

– Successful

Holy – Romantic

Redeemed – Evil

Enlightened – Mysterious

Beautiful – Superficial

Powerful - Corrupt

Word & reason for selecting

that word.

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Shot 1

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Shot 2

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Costumes

Are the clothes, make-up and accessories word by the characters.

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More on costumes…

Other elements of costumes include the

colours

of the clothes and personal props.

Costumes give viewers critical information about characters

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Acting Style

Actors portray their feeling, motives, attitudes and state of mind of characters by manipulating their facial expressions, posture, voice and gestures.

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What do we look for in an actor when analysing film?

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We should discuss anything an actor does that is not actual dialogue or action.

We need to look for all the subtle, and not so subtle, mannerisms, expressions and body language.

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Facial Expressions

Although it is impossible to

summarise

every aspect of what an actor does to flesh out a character, the four key areas to look at are;

Facial expression,

Posture,

Voice, and

Gesture.

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Consider the character’s posture..

Examine the way in which the character holds their body (standing straight or slumped).

The parts of the body that the characters lead with (for example, head, chest).

How relaxed or rigidly they stand.

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Consider their gestures

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Consider their voice

Note the volume (loud or soft), speed (fast or slow), pitch (high or low)

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Changes in acting style

It is highly unusual for an actor to go through an entire film without their gestures, mannerisms and expressions changing or developing to some degree so it is important to consider how and why actors change the way their character appears

.

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Lastly, consider CGI (computer generated images)