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8/7/2019 Mis-en-scene- A Looser Like You
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Mis-en-scene- A Looser Like You
By Silva Beshi
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Mis-en-scene means putting things in the picture. Itconcerns the design of the scene and the arrangement offurniture, props, lighting etc. The arrangement of everything inthe shot is purposely done in order to convey a meaning to theaudience. Although the audiences attention is mainly focusedon the foreground they will be looking at the background foradditional clues. Even if this is not the case, the Mis-en-scenestill in fact does subconsciously help shape their meaning of acharacter. For example if a females apartment is all pink with
bright furniture then the audience see her as an extroverted,feminine individual. Taking all of this into consideration I haveclosely looked at the meaning of Mis-en-scene and itsimportance in a film and have come up with ideas that willcontribute meaning to the audience. For example
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The location: The location of the Library was perfect
because it reflected on the stereotypical view of Nabils
character as the typical geek. However the
positioning of the furniture didnt quite fit in with whatwe had in mind because it looked relatively dull andthis was what we were trying to avoid in order for our
film to become a successful comedy with the audience.The main thing about the Mis-en-scene in a comedy is
that the surrounding doesnt look dreary and dull andso this enforced us to change the furniture around toour liking and what we thought suited best.
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The props i.e. the chairs didnt contribute to any
significant meaning or reflect on the protagonist.
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We changed these plain, black, plastic chairs into more modern,
red chairs for mainly three reasons.
We chose this colour because it is bright and stands out to the
audience, thus not creating that boring, dull surrounding for
them.
Furthermore our main reason for the red chairs were because
they connote love. This is what Nabil feels for Lilly, he sees her as
an angel who is way out of his league. It signifies the intensepassion he feels for her, unable to take his eyes off of her.
The chairs have a very modern, up to date style that really help
the library stand out to the audience.
The colour red subconsciously help the audience think that Nabilmight just follow those three simple rules and Lilly therefore
might say yes to him. As a result when Nabil is hit by Lilly due to
his mess up the audience find it more shocking, thus finding the
idea more funnier because they had never expected it.
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However we did want our main characters; Nabil,
Sarah and Aldo to stand out from everyone else so
the audience are able to connect with them moreeasily. In order to achieve this we used 4 other
chairs that were different from the first ones but
were still red.
Red chairs for the library.
All the extras are going to
be seated in these chairs.
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These are the
second red chairs
that we will use for
Nabil, Sarah and
Aldo.
This is where theywill be placed
This is the table that the
characters will use.
Significantly the legs of the chairs arealso red connoting romance and love.
Therefore the whole room is filled with
things that are red, really making the
audience subconsciously think that
Nabil is going to go out with Lilly.
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We decided that Nabil would see Lilly looking around; readingmagazines and therefore we moved all the chairs and tablesaway from that side in order to make more room for all the
magazine shelves, where Lilly would be standing.
This is how it used to look
like, but when we moved
all the furniture around,
there was definantly morespace for Lilly to walk
around reading her
magazine.
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This is how we
changed the furniture
around, creating
more space.
These are the
book stands
These are the magazine stands where Lilly is
going to be standing when Nabil Notices her.And These are
the Newspaper
stands.
This is
where Lilly
will be
situated
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This is the magazine Lilly will be reading:
We chose this particular magazine because it
reflects on her femininity, were she likes to
read gossip about other celebrities and read
about fashion. This emphasises on her
character, where she is very girly and likes to
gossip with her friends.
Fashion tips on shoes and
bags
Celebrity Gossip
Fashion trends
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I also chose some posters to be hanged
around the library in order to subconsciously
reflect on the situation and emotions of theprotagonist; Nabil.
1. I chose a Star trek poster because it is
stereotypically known as the film for geeks and in
many comedies many similar characters like Nabilare a fan of either Star trek or Star wars i.e.
characters in The Big Bang Theory. The poster
helps reflect on Nabils character and his likes and
dislikes. From this the audience are able to build adeeper connection with him and have a better
understanding of his character.
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This is the star trek poster
And this is where
the poster will be
situated on; a bookshelf.
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WhatWomenWant was a poster I
thought that helped reflect on our
comedy genre because it is being ironic,
where we are mocking Nabil because he
has no idea what women want and howto approach them. Ironically the film is
about Nabil learning how to approach a
girl but failing dramatically and we
subconsciously give the audience a clue
by putting this poster up, already telling
the audience that Nabil is going to fail.
This is where the poster
will be situated; The book
shelf.
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The reason to why I chose to put up a poster
of The Inbetweeners was because it is also a
comedy that involves a protagonist similar to
Nabil. It is a very successful comedy and when
the audience see this they are able to connect
it with our short film and see the comic
similarities between the characters. In
addition the audience are already being put
into the comic mood by reminding them of
The Inbetweeners thus allowing them to find
our storyline more humorous.
This poster is also situated on a book shelf,
similar to all the others.
Will McKenzie in The
Inbetweeners; the character whichis quite similar to our character;
Nabil.
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These are A2 books that are going to be
placed on the table near Nabil as they are
meant to be his homework. We chose the
subjects that are most likely associated
with a geek in other films; Physics,statistics, Biology and Chemistry. The fact
that they are very big and heavy not only
emphasizes the amount of work he does in
school and Library but highlights his image
as a typical geek.
These are a few Doctor
Who books that are
placed on top of the
shelf
This is the DoctorWho bookthat Nabil has in front of him.
He uses this book to quickly
cover his face when he
notices Lilly looking at him.
I chose these books
because they are
meant to be a favourite
of Nabil in the film andthey also demonstrate
his character as the
typical Geek who is
obsessed with Sci-Fi
films.
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Lighting We decided that when filming our film we would have both artificial
and natural lighting in order to create high key lighting which is mainlyused in comedies.
High-key lighting is bright and illuminating with very few shadows. Itsubconsciously helps put the audience in a more comic, positive moodand because of this they will find the intended jokes funny and nottake the film too serious or offensive.
For example some people may find that the character of Nabil is toostereotypical, giving the message that every intelligent, Star Trek fandoesnt know how to approach a girl but by unconsciously makingthem aware through the use of lighting and jokes that this is a comedynot to be taken too serious, hopefully theyll understand and find thefilm not only funny but entertaining.
The artificial lighting was the lights in the library and the naturallighting was from outside, which was visible from the windows. Inevery comedy film the lighting has to be soft and bright in order toreflect on the humorous, not so serious type of life, therefore wechose to film in the morning at around 11.00 Oclock as this was thetime where the sun was at its brightest.