Ch 4 - The Shot: Mise-En-Scene

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Mise-en-Scene

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Elemets that appear in the frame that the director has control over, whether intended or not.

Front 2

George Melies

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Built one of the first film studios. Giving total control over every element of the frame.

Front 3

Choices of Mise-en-Scene:

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• Color
• Existing or constructed locales
• Use of props
• Overall size

Front 4

Costume and Makeup

Back 4

• Can have specific functions within the film
  
• Can be realistic or stylized
• Interacts with settings

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Lighting:

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• Creates a composition and guides attention
  
• Creates shape and texture through highlights and shadows
• Features include quality, direction, source and color.
• Computers aid with simulated figures and settings

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Staging:

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• Involved movement of figures and actor's perfrmace
• Best evaluated in terms of functions and motivation within the film as a whole as well as in context of other techniques

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Space:

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• Overall composition of the shot. Can guide viewer's attention
  
• Refers to depth and volume of depicted space

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Time:

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• Involves the speed and direction of movement within a shot.
  
• Our eyes are drawn to movement, and so it guides our attention.
• Frontality can also guide attention.