PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Mise-en-scene includes:
Settings and Props
Costume, Hair and Make-Up
Facial Expression and Body Language (Staging)
Lighting and Colour
What we are interested in is how these things convey meaning.
Settings can communicate time and place. They can also inform us of character.
Costume, Hair and Make-Up
Tell us immediately whether the film is set in the present and what society/or culture it will centre around
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Act as an instant indicator to the audience of a character’s personality, status & job.
Facial Expressions provide a clear indicator of how someone is feeling.
A film-maker can use positioning to indicate the relationships between people.
Colour carries certain connotations which may add meaning to a scene.
What do these colours symbolise? How might they be used in film?
High Key Lighting - Produces sharp contrasts of light and dark areas.
Low Key Lighting - More filler lights are used. Lighting is natural and realistic to our eyes.
How does positioning convey meaning here?
What does this characters costume tell us about them?
How does lighting communicate meaning here?
Watch this opening sequence. How does the mise-en-scene create meaning? What does it tell us about the story / characters?
Pick your own film clip. Make notes on how the mise-en-scene creates meaning within the clip.
Share your ideas with the class.
REMEMBER YOUR DONNIE DARKO ESSAY