Film Form

Interacts with

Formal SystemStylistic system

pattern &

significant usage of techniques

•Narrative (Story)•Abstract (Implicit ideas) •Mise-en-scene

•Cinematography•Editing•Sound

Realism and Mise – en – scene

• Mise-en-scene is often judge by standards of realism.

• If we insist to judge filmmaking rigidly on realism thus this limits the possible height of the imagination as far as Mise-en-scene in concern.

• It is better than to examine the function of Mise- en- scene rather than to judge mise- en scene on our conception of realism.

Aspects of Mise – en – scene

• Settings • Filmmaker uses an existing locale to stage the action.• Filmmaker chooses to construct settings• Filmmaker emphasizes on authenticity• Filmmaker is less committed to historical accuracy• Design of a setting can significantly shape how audience understand the

story and action• Full size Settings need not always be built; parts of the settings can just

simply be paintings and combined photographically with full size section of the space.

• Digital special effects are also used to fill portions of the scene.• Props are also a factor of mise-en-scene. This is where the object in the

setting has a function within the ongoing action.• Filmmaker may also use colour to create parallels among elements of

settings.

What aspect of control does Mise-en- scene has to offer in

filmmaking?• The filmmaker stages the event for the camera• Cinema-verite’ is where filmmakers capture

events without controlling them• Animated and abstract films control mise-en

scene, which are mostly impossible with performers shot in real time.

• Mise-en-scene involves planning but filmmakers may be open to unplanned events as well

• Costume and make up• Costume more often than not has a specific function in the total film.• Costume may also be quite stylized, calling attention to their purely

graphic qualities• Costumes also play and important motivic and causal roles in

narratives. • Costumes is often coordinated with settings• Originally during black and white film, make up is usually necessary

because without makeup actors faces could not register clearly on early film stock.

• Makeup can aim at complete realism. Now, rubbers and plasticene compounds are use to create bumps, bulges, extra organs and layers of artificial skin.

• Lighting• In cinema, lighting is more than just illumination. Lighting

permits us to see actions.• A brightly illuminated patch may draw our eyes to a key

gesture.• While a shadow may conceal a detail or a soft curve of a

face, a rough grain of a piece of wood.• Lighting shapes objects creating highlights and shadows.• Film lighting:

– Quality– Direction– Source– Colour

• Staging– Movement & acting– Acting: functions and motivation