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Film Form
Interacts with
Formal SystemStylistic system
pattern &
significant usage of techniques
•Narrative (Story)•Abstract (Implicit ideas) •Mise-en-scene
•Cinematography•Editing•Sound
Realism and Mise – en – scene
• Mise-en-scene is often judge by standards of realism.
• If we insist to judge filmmaking rigidly on realism thus this limits the possible height of the imagination as far as Mise-en-scene in concern.
• It is better than to examine the function of Mise- en- scene rather than to judge mise- en scene on our conception of realism.
Aspects of Mise – en – scene
• Settings • Filmmaker uses an existing locale to stage the action.• Filmmaker chooses to construct settings• Filmmaker emphasizes on authenticity• Filmmaker is less committed to historical accuracy• Design of a setting can significantly shape how audience understand the
story and action• Full size Settings need not always be built; parts of the settings can just
simply be paintings and combined photographically with full size section of the space.
• Digital special effects are also used to fill portions of the scene.• Props are also a factor of mise-en-scene. This is where the object in the
setting has a function within the ongoing action.• Filmmaker may also use colour to create parallels among elements of
settings.
What aspect of control does Mise-en- scene has to offer in
filmmaking?• The filmmaker stages the event for the camera• Cinema-verite’ is where filmmakers capture
events without controlling them• Animated and abstract films control mise-en
scene, which are mostly impossible with performers shot in real time.
• Mise-en-scene involves planning but filmmakers may be open to unplanned events as well
• Costume and make up• Costume more often than not has a specific function in the total film.• Costume may also be quite stylized, calling attention to their purely
graphic qualities• Costumes also play and important motivic and causal roles in
narratives. • Costumes is often coordinated with settings• Originally during black and white film, make up is usually necessary
because without makeup actors faces could not register clearly on early film stock.
• Makeup can aim at complete realism. Now, rubbers and plasticene compounds are use to create bumps, bulges, extra organs and layers of artificial skin.
• Lighting• In cinema, lighting is more than just illumination. Lighting
permits us to see actions.• A brightly illuminated patch may draw our eyes to a key
gesture.• While a shadow may conceal a detail or a soft curve of a
face, a rough grain of a piece of wood.• Lighting shapes objects creating highlights and shadows.• Film lighting:
– Quality– Direction– Source– Colour
• Staging– Movement & acting– Acting: functions and motivation
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