Unit 1 Mise-en-sceneMicro-Analysis

Adam Green

Mise-en-scene Analysis

Lighting• The green tint is used to suggest the fact

that she feels lonely, and isolated. She is in

an abandoned, uninviting place, and this is

represented well by the tint. This contrasts

very well with the other scene that the

movie alternates to periodically. This scene

has orange tints to it, which makes

everything seem more happy.

• When we realize that this scene is just a

dream, the lighting goes pure white, very

bright, as is in a normal hospital. We get a

sense of cleanliness. Harsh shadows are

eradicated and so we can see everything

clearly so there isn’t an element of fear to

anything anymore.

Lighting• At the beginning of the scene, we are lead to

believe that the only light source is the Petzl

light that is on top of Juno’s head. This

represents the darkness of the cave and

presents large shadows creating a level of fear.

• We also get a view from Holly’s night vision

enabled camera which gives us limited vision

which makes the viewer more worried as to what

is going to happen.

• The green tint alongside the limited vision gives

that uninviting tone to the scene again.

Location• The hospital at the start of the clip is more

of a surprise to the viewer. We see all of the

deliberately placed medical instruments

and tools. This isn’t a scene we are as such

expecting to see. The environment is

different to the one the viewer has just

been presented with. We are almost pulled

away from the action of the car crash and

the birthday cake because of this weird new

location.

• The lack of other people in the corridor

creates a sense of fear in the place,

alongside with the tint. The shadows that

are casted are really intensified with the

green tint as everything darkens.

Costume

• The costume that Sarah wears during the scene

remains the same. She is wearing a hospital

gown which suggests to the viewer that she is

vulnerable, hurt, something isn’t quite right.

• Other people in the scene are wearing clothes

typical of nurses, doctors and paramedics. They

are wearing white lab style coats and wearing

other medical equipment.

• Juno is wearing her normal clothes because she

is a guest in the hospital

Props• There are a total of two important

props in this sequence. Those are the

birthday cake and the heart rate

monitoring device.

• The cake symbolizes the importance

of Sarah’s daughter. It shows that

Sarah is imagining the events that

never happened.

• The heart rate monitor is important

because it makes an eerie noise when

Sarah walks off. The monitor shows a

rate of zero, which could be a

foreshadow to the inevitable death of

the characters.

Clip 3 - Hospital

Shots 1 & 2

This shot is somewhat inviting. We see the birthday cake, its bright, yellow, it invites us in. However we are then greeted with the greenish scene of Sarah on the hospital bed. The

way the scene is lit is quite eerie, but we see the clothes she is wearing, some of the equipment in the background, and learn she is in a hospital. This is quite contrasting from

the inviting, warm colour’s and props used in the previous scene. We see that in the hospital she is also worn with medical equipment on her face. We also learn that she

could’ve been in a bad accident.

Shot 3

This shot is again lit with a green style light (or tinted in post). Either way we understand that she is feeling confused, something isn’t right. It is quite an eerie scene. The green makes it look uninviting, a little grimy. Added with the shadows, makes everything look not quite right. She is in a hospital corridor, she has just

exited her bed. She is still wearing the hospital bed robes. Her movement is slightly unusual, she has just woke up, we learn she is still dazed by the accident, and is

very confused.

Shot 4

This shot is lit in a different way. The subject is still lit up, we can still see her sub-clearly. However the background lights have gone. We can still see Sarah however, so we get a sense of again, being dazed, still confused, not quite properly awake. She slowly looks around as the lights drop out, because she is trying to work out what is going on and

attempting to piece the situation together in her head.

Shot 5

Here we can see she has entered the real world again, so the lighting is how it would be expected in a hospital, everything is well lit, there are not any shadows, everything is

clearly visible. All of the doctors/nurses are wearing clothes/uniform typical of that of a hospital. Other people there are wearing normal clothes. Sarah is till wearing her bed robe,

she is out of place in this corridor. We can see that everyone around her is moving fast, they all have something to do, they walk straight past the two girls in the middle of the

corridor, about their business.