Mise-en-scene 

What is it? and how is it used?

Mise-en-scene is a French word that means everything in the scene. it's used to create mood and feeling within a scene. 

Components of Mise-en-scene 

the main and most important components of Mise-en-scene are design and composition 

design: the look of the setting, props, lighting, actors, makeup, hair style, and costuming all come together to create the scene and overall tone of the shot in the film.

Composition: the organization, distribution, balance, and general relationships of actors and objects within the space of each shot. 

Why is Mise-en-scene important?

Mise-en-scene is important because it allows the viewer to be in a certain place at a certain time it also affects how we think of characters and story of a film. 

examples of Mise-en-scene in play 

here in class we had a project on creating photos using elements of Mise-en-scene to create a meaning for the pictures and shots we had took. 

 

Here is one of the shots that my partner and i had took using some toys that we had laying around at home. using these props we were able to create this shot of a teddy bear riding a motorcycle on the open road. The shot implies the feeling of freedom something that every American teen dreams of.   

 Our second shot is one just showing the motorcycle by its self on the open road during a sunrise. Just like the last shot we used this shot to represent freedom. 

What I learned 

what I learned from the project is the different ways that you can use elements of Mise-en-scene to create meaning for shots. the project also taught me why using Mise-en-sence is so important to films 

without it a viewer would be lost and confused about the message the film is trying to tell.