Mise en scène

The scene when Fefu sees Julia walking proves to be very dramatic as the mise en scene completely complemented the scenario. Fornes mentions it in such a way: “(As the lights shift to an eerie tone, Julia enters in slow motion, walking. She goes to the coffee table, gets the sugar bowl, lifts it in Fefu’s direction, takes the cover off, puts it back on and walks to the kitchen.)” Fornes delivers a perfect description of the set up and the audience is amazed by the light that shifts and makes things uneasy and mysterious. Fornes lay emphasis on shifting of light so that only Fefu and Julia are visible which will make them the centre of attention. Moreover the shift in light will create a lasting impact on audience mind. Through this scene Fornes makes it clear to Fefu and audience that Julia can walk only if she wills too. The relevance of this scene grows in the final confrontation of Julia and…

Tarsem Singh, in his movie The Fall, shows exceptional usage of visual story telling, or mise-en-scène. Characters and themes are introduced within the first two minutes of the film without any usage of dialogue. These beginning moments, while upon first viewing, are not so easy to make sense of, but subtly hold foreshadowing for the future events of the film. The opening scene of the film starts with a series of people yelling and panicking in black and white. The black and white filter alone…

‘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…

The Mise-en-scène within the film is extraordinary and everything is planned out to a tee. To begin with, the setting of the final battle perfectly sets the mood for the fight. Setting is important because it allows the viewer to view "important details" (Corrigan, White, 69) or to even "contrast across difference places" (Corrigan, White, 69) within the film. In the movie, the fight takes place in the second Death Star. An eerily lit maze of corridors and passageways that create an exhilarating…

locomotion are used as energy source. The film matrix then takes into consideration the use of mise-en-scene for it to guide the audience’s attention to a specific focal point. Hence, as stated above mise-en-scene…

Argo is a thriller film based on a true-story that has you sitting at the edge of your seat with fingers crossed. The film was released in October 2012 and brought a tremendous amount of light to a tragedy that several people never knew about thirty four years prior1. This film is a masterpiece at using techniques such as Mise- En- Scene, sound, and cinematography in a way that draws people in, making the audience feel anxious and heart racing. From the very first scene of the film, the…

through the movie by setting that money is currency. In this scene, the timekeeper Raymond Leon arrests Will Salas and takes back all of his time that he received from Henry Hamilton for a gift. After losing his time just left with 2 hours, he ran away with a hostage which is Sylvia Weiss. In this interrogation scene, the power of a system and ignorant society was shown with a high angle, low angle and wide shot for cinematography, costume for mise-en-scene and facial expression. In the…

Mise-en-scène analysis of “It” It (dr. Andrés Muschietti, 2017) is a film that explores the horrors and nightmares of children and brings them to reality. “It”, a clown that consumes children with fears, kills Georgie known as Bill, the main protagonist’s brother. This starts the journey of Bill and his friends to find the truth about Georgie and all the missing kids in his town. The first five minute of the film is one of the most popular scene of the movie that spread on social media. This…

It Follows combines coming of age with horror in an unsettling, almost claustrophobic tone. The film explores the inevitability of death as well as sex and adolescence using a creature they call "it". This film is about a teenager named Jay who has been told that she is the recipient of a curse that spreads through sexual intercourse. Only those who are infected can see the being that is following them. The opening image of It Follows captures the tense tone of the film perfectly; starting with…

MISE EN SCENE The arrangements of all the elements, whether it’s the actor, the lighting, decoration, props or anything which has to come in the frame and which is shown in the frame is known as mise en scene, a French word meaning placing on stage. One of the scenes, which represent mise en scene in a good manner, is the last scene of The 39 Steps, As Robert, Carroll, and the police gather backstage around the dying Mr. Memory, on-stage behind them visible from the stage wing we see performance…