The explicit meaning of a film is not subtle, but lies on the surface as it is the message in which the filmmaker is attempting to convey to the audience. This meaning could be given using central facts that will deliver a basic synopsis of the film. Actors are a key element of mise-en-scene used to contribute to the explicit meaning. The character’s development throughout the plot is what sticks with the audience as they begin to reference key points of the film in order to find a summary that consequently eludes to the overall meaning. Dialogue or actions (gestures/facial expressions) the character gives could blatantly provide the explicit meaning. This leaves nothing to chance, and the information travels to the audience in a way that the
