Sound and Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene

• Mise-en-scene is the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in films and TV. It refers to everything that appears before the camera and its arrangement:

• props

• lighting

• costume

• makeup

• facial expressions

• composition

• Setting and locations play an important part in the film making and are not just 'backgrounds'. A prop is an object in the scene and affects the look of the location and can change a person’s perspective on the character that it belongs to. 

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• Costume, hair and makeup act as an instant indicator to us of a characters personality, job and status and can even indicate the time era the film is

set in.

• Facial expressions and body language provide a clear indicator of how someone is feeling. Face expressions can sometimes mean something different for example a smile could be happy or evil.

Positioning of characters and objects within a frame can draw attention to an important subject. Body positioning can show relationships between people. E.g the main focus is on the gun and his facial expressions.

• Lighting and colour can be used to achieve a variety of effects and highlight important characters with in the frame. Shadows can make characters look mysterious or menacing. Colours can indicate if a scene should be happy or sad for example bright colours create a happy environment where as black and dark colours make the feeling more

depressing.