Mise en Scène
‘In the scene’
What is it?
It is everything within a frame (or shot), and tells
the audience a lot about the movie very quickly.
• Mise en scène includes...
• The set
• Props
• Costumes
• Make up
• Extras (people)
• Lighting
• It sets the scene
Look at the mise en scène...
Look at the mise en scène...
Look at the mise en scène...
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• What does the mis-en-scene tell us about the characters, situations,
stories, moods. What are your conclusions about what the scene is about
and how have you come to your decision?
Mise En Scene
• Settings can be INTERIOR or EXTERIOR
• Settings are carefully chosen to match the
genre of the TV drama
How Does Mise En Scene Help
Audiences?
Think of a favourite TV program/Film and
consider one of its most memorable
scenes/set pieces to answer this question.
Using your knowledge:
• Of mise-en-scene so far, write down the settings that
you think might be used in:
• A historical drama
• A police drama
• A school drama
• A family drama
• For example: a hospital drama would use operating
rooms, corridors, offices, homes, staff quarters, car
park, etc. What would these sets be like?
• Old/new/modern/well equipped/stuffy?
Costumes and Make up as Mise En
Scene
• Costumes and make up are an essential part
of mise en scene – we make the same
judgements about characters from their
appearance as we do from the mise en scene.
• How do they help the audience?
Make up and Costume
New York, America
Reggina
24
Salad
Yes
Black swan
Yes
No
Yes
Ballerina shop
Salad
Yes
Yes to post depressing stuff
Make up and Costume
Make up and Costume
Make up and Costume
New York
jane Handson
18
Yes The Hobbit
Amazing Spider-man 2
New York
Yes
None
Clothes shop
Bananas and muffins
Yes
Yes
Interpret Characters
• Review these characters and annotate them
with as much detail as possible.
• Where do they live? What is their name? Age?
Favourite food? Do they read? Favourite film?
Do they go on holiday? Are they popular? Do
they have siblings? Where would they shop
for clothes? Food? Do they use the internet?
Are they on Facebook? Etc etc!
Now design your own...
• Create a film character and annotate (just like
we have done) – draw a picture by using
photoshop and write down character traits.
Print out and bring in for next lesson.
• (you can copy and paste
a celebs head onto a different
body for instance)
• Think about how you can use MIS-EN-SCENE
to help you design a DVD menu in the future
for a film you are considering to work with