Mise En Scene Essay

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In the Films ‘Strangers on a Train’ and ‘Psycho’, two popular films of which were constructed by the well-known Director Alfred Hitchcock, who of which created a collection of shot compositions that in part studies the film technique of Mise en Scene, which is a significant approach used by many late Directors in order to develop the understanding of a variety of significant ideas. This Convention of Mise-en-scene is frequently featured in films as a way of helping viewers to understand the thought process of the characters. In the cases of these pictures the closely observed characters being Bruno Anthony and Norman Bates; two of which give the impression of being extremely mysterious in many ways than one. The use of this convention sets …show more content…
Once committing the murder of Miriam Haines, current wife of Guy Haines, Bruno believes the plan is in place and in return expects his father a staunch type of man would soon be eliminated as well. But Guy Haines who is against both the murder of his ‘wife’ and Bruno’s father soon gets framed by Bruno, who later attempts to place evidence that would lead back to the false murderer. A scene that features both the convention Mise en scene and the Good and evil in a character is seen during an evening party of the Morton estate; where Bruno is conversing to two women about murder, the scene is set with bright lighting which exaggerates the luxurious interior as well as the expensive clothing dressed upon the town's wealthiest people. Bruno’s usual attire of an eye catching tie is replaced with the general suite; almost as if he was trying to blend in amongst the crowd; unfortunately with having an odd personality comes odd behaviour as Bruno attracts much attention to himself as he attempts to “demonstrate” how to effectively kill or choke someone on one of the many guest, during this the youngest daughter of the Mortem family who looks much like Miriam watches in horror as Bruno freezes in action and stares back with the same emotion. throughout this

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