1. Mise-en-Scene

2. Mise-en-Scene Mise-en-Scene: refers to the staging of a scene
it is the overall look/feel of a scene (or even an entire movie)
it is the arrangement of everything that appears before the camera
Mise-en-Scene is composed of two things:
1. Design (staging)- setting, props, lighting, actors (costume/makeup/hairstyle), & sound
2. Composition (shot)- organization/balance relationship of all objects within the shot

3. Five Elements of Mise-en-Scene
Each aspect of Mise-en-scene contributes to the meaning of a film and sends signals to the audience about how we are supposed to feel at a given point.
Mise-en-scene consists of the following:
Setting and Props
Lighting and Color
Costume, Hair, and Make-up
Framing
Kinesis/Blocking (Actors/Objects: movement, body language, facial gestures)

4. 1. Setting and Props

7. 2. Lighting, Color, and the Familiar Image

8. Lighting
Lighting is used to convey Character, Narrative, and Mood

9. Lighting for Character

10. Lighting as Narrative

11. Lighting as Narrative

12. High Key Lighting (Mood)

17. Setting & Expressionism (5:30)
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18. Familiar Image
Familiar Image: the repetition of/ similar feel of image, sound, character, etc, throughout the film
Lighting and the Familiar Image (7:30):
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19. Familiar Image Jaws (image and sound)

20. 3. Costume, Hair, Make-Up

22. Watch
Top 10 Makeup Transformations of All Time (9:41):

23. 4. Framing

24. Composing the Frame (8:00)
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25. Balance of Frame
Balance of Frame= order that signifies comfort and safety 1. Rule of Thirds A. Top, Middle, Bottom B. Left, Middle, Right

27. Balanced

28. Balance

29. Unbalanced Frame Unbalanced/Breaking the rule of thirds:
the objects on the screen are not evenly balanced or spaced out within the frame.
creates stress or adds a feeling of danger.

30. Unbalanced

31. Unbalanced

32. Unbalanced

33. Dutch Angle/Unbalanced

34. Deep Space Composition
Foreground
Middle-Ground
Background

35. Fore/Middle/Back

37. Rule of Thirds/Balanced Deep Space Composition

38. Framing
There are many factors that influence the way the eye moves around a photo, including the use of line, texture, color, selective focus and negative space. But the shape of the frame is a major factor.

39. Square vs. Rectangle
Square Frame(4:3): A square is a perfectly balanced shape. Each side is equal in length. Using the square format encourages the eye to move around the frame in a circle. Rectangular Frame (16:9) The eye is encouraged to move from side to side (in the landscape format) or up and down (in the portrait format).

40. Rectangular Frame

41. Square Frame

42. Rectangular Frame

43. Square Frame

44. Negative Space
Empty or unfilled space in the Mise-en-Scene, often acting as a foil to the more detailed elements in a shot.
Many times used to depict the direction the actor or scene will move toward.

45. In Halloween, John Carpenter removes all of the look room, the area in front of a character that they typically will look into. He has Curtis jammed all the way onto the left hand side of the screen with all the negative space behind her, so we know that whatever's coming, is coming from behind her.

46. In Star Wars, Look Skywalker is looking out, across the desert, all that look room tells us that he's looking into the future.

47. Negative Space

48. Onscreen and Off-screen Space
Onscreen Space: the space found within the screen/still Off-screen Space: the implied space and figures found outside of the screen/still

49. On and Off Screen Space

53. 5. Kinesis (& Blocking)

54. KINESIS:
Movement of objects and characters within the frame
Apparent movement of the frame itself
Use of music within an otherwise still scene
BLOCKING:
Director’s planning of positions and movements of the actors, objects, and camera within a scene.

55. Kinesis in Film/Blocking
Blocking/Scene Analysis: Citizen Kane (1941) (2:30)
Blocking and Kinesis: Robin Williams (6:00)