Mise-En-ScèneAn Introduction To

What is Mise-En-Scène?

What is Mise-En-Scène?

Physical • Scenery/Backdrop & Props• Costume, Hair & Make up• Positioning of characters/objects within the frame

Translation “placing-on-stage”

Mise-En-Scène refers to everything that appears before the camera, and its arrangement.

Picture Quiz Round 1

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The Importance of Mise-En-Scène

The Importance of Mise-En-Scène

The Importance of Mise-En-Scène

The BackdropThe backdrop can sometimes become as iconic as the characters in the film industry

It helps to create “The Sell” = believability, context. Are the audience buying the story?

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Verisimilitude; The appearance of truth

Picture Quiz Round 2

Frasier – “The Apartment”

Recognise this scene?

Back To The Future

Recognise this scene?

Bruce Almighty

Gremlins

Recognise this scene?

Recognise this scene?

To Kill A Mockingbird

What Have We Already Got?What Can We Get Away With?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_UxLEqd074

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$25,000

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Budget

Box Office

Creating A Backdrop

What Can We Get Away With?

Aka “Dressing A Scene”

Chioruscuro - the use of strong contrasts between light and darkLighting

Creating A Backdrop

What Can We Get Away With?

Aka “Dressing A Scene”

By using a shallow depth of field we can blur out the background and draw focus to whatever we wish to emphasise.

Camera Settings

Creating A Backdrop

What Have We Already Got?

Aka “Dressing A Scene”

In Groups; Discuss what resources each of you can contribute to the making of...

A) Music video for a Band/Artist B) A Horror MovieC) A TV Drama D) A Sitcom Episode

Think about Locations and Props you have access to, Actors/Musicians/Models you could ask, how you could convert spaces to suit your shooting requirements, Lighting and Camera Techniques

Physical • Backdrop & Props• Costume, Hair & Make up• Positioning of characters/objects within the frame

Technical• Lighting – lighting certain parts of a scene to

create mystery or emphasis

• Depth Of Field – Adjusting camera settings to blur out or focus on certain parts of a scene

This lesson we have...Terminology

Physical • Backdrop & Props• Costume, Hair & Make up• Positioning of characters/objects within the frame

Technical• Lighting – lighting certain parts of a scene to

create mystery or emphasis

• Depth Of Field – Adjusting camera settings to blur out or focus on certain parts of a scene

Chioruscuro Lighting Technique: The use of strong contrasts between light and dark

By using a shallow depth of field we can blur out the background and draw focus to whatever we wish to emphasise.

Camera Settings

We have also learned two fundamental questions in media production...

What Have We Already Got?What Can We Get Away With?

... And started a database of our own resources that we can use for future production work.

Thankyou!