IGCSEShort Film - Lighting and Mise-en-scène

Mise-en-scène Mise-en-scène literally means ‘put in the scene/frame’.

In your books list and describe/discuss all the things you think might be included in mise-en-scène.

Definitionmise-en-scène

/meez on sen/

Noun

mise-en-scène includes refers to all elements of visual style - that is, both elements on the set and aspects of the camera:

shot selection

shot composition including all aspects of production design and set

decoration

Figure

all objects and props

Lighting

technical camera properties such as shutter speed, aperture, frame

rate and depth of field.

Shot Selection = mid shot

Shot Composition = Two shot framed with car window filmed from outside the car looking in

Figure

Objects and props

Technical camera = B&W Depth of field = Shalow (kids are in focus but foreground and background are not)

Lighting = low contrast, dimly lit from outside the car – appears to come from natural street lights

LightingCopy the table below into your books

Watch the extract from The Most Beautiful Man in the World.

Observe features of the lighting and make notes to describe this.

Reasons

Offer some reasons for why the director might have chosen to light the scene in this way.

For example; I think the director chooses to have light dancing over the little girl’s face because he wanted to show the contrast between the animated nature of the program she is watching and the dullness of her own mood…

Mise en SceneWatch the extract from The Man with the Beautiful Eyes. Observe how objects, other props and text are used in the visual narrative.

TaskUsing notes taken in class, compare and contrast the use of lighting and mise-en-scène in two of the film extracts

screened.