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Mise-en-sceneMise-en-scene
• Mise-en-scène is a French term meaning “onstage” or “placed in a scene”. It is what we can see in the picture.
Mise-en-scèneMise-en-scène includesincludes:
• Setting
• SetSet
• CostumeCostume
• PropsProps
• LightingLighting
• SoundSound
• BlockingBlocking
The arrangement of all these elements in a particular way have an effect on the spectator
Lets explore these Lets explore these terms…terms…
Setting
It is a fictional or real place where the action
and event of the film or play take place.
Set
It is a constructed setting, for example, on a studio soundstage
The Titanic
The factory in Charlie and the chocolate factory
TaskTask
What settings would you find in:What settings would you find in:
a Science Fiction Film a Science Fiction Film a Romantic Comedy a Romantic Comedy a Horror Film a Horror Film
Costume design
Costume refers to the clothes that
characters wear. It is used to describe
character, to show particular fashions,
or to make clear distinctions between
characters.
Barbie-like clothes for Barbie-like clothes for Reese Witherspoon in Reese Witherspoon in Legally blondeLegally blonde
Christian Bale becomes Batman with Christian Bale becomes Batman with this black outfit in this black outfit in The Dark Knight The Dark Knight RisesRises..
Soldier outfits in Saving private Ryan
Props
Objects that are part of
the sets or tools used by
the actors.
The “Heart of the ocean” The “Heart of the ocean”
in in TitanicTitanic
The apple in TwilightThe apple in Twilight
The “golden ticket” in The “golden ticket” in Charlie Charlie and the chocolate factoryand the chocolate factory
Task Task
What props would you find in: What props would you find in: a Science Fiction Film a Science Fiction Film a Western a Western a War Film a War Film
Make up
Together with costume design and hair
style, make up tells a lot about the
character’s personality, job, etc.
Make up transforms Natalie Portman into the “Black Swan”…
… and Heath Ledger becomes “the joker”.
Sound
Diegetic: music or sounds effects such as
footsteps, explosions, bird songs, church bells,
etc that are heard by both the character and
the spectator.
non- diegetic: music or sound effects not
generated in the filmic world but added to
indicate characters´ feelings, emotions. This
music is only heard by the
spectator.
Blocking
• It is the arrangement and movement of actors in relation to each other within the single physical space of mise-en-scène.
There are 2 types of blocking...
Social blocking: describes the
arrangement of characters to
accentuate relations between them.
SocialSocial blocking blocking in in
“The “The break-upbreak-up”
Graphic blocking arranges
characters or groups according to
visual patterns to portray spatial
harmony, tension or some other visual
atmosphere.
Graphic blocking in Graphic blocking in Jane EyreJane Eyre
BibliographyBibliography:
Corrigan, T. and White, P.; The Film Experience, Bedford / St. Martin's
Bernard F. Dick; Anatomy of film, Bedford / St. Martin's - 2002