Mise en scene (micro)

LEARNING AIMS:
To introduce the concept of mise-en-scene.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• By the end of the lesson, all students will be able to define mise-en-scene and explain what it means.
• By the end of the lesson, all students will be able to break mise-en-scene down into its various sub categories.

BE AWARE

• Film texts are mediated. 
• They are representations. 
• All aspects of the text have been included for a particular reason, purpose and effect. 

What is mise-en-scene?

Mise-en-scene is the construction of the scene. French term ‘to put into’ or ‘onto stage’

Every conscious decision the director has made in terms of

Basically it is what the audience can see.

What subsections could make up the
concept of mise-en-scene?

If mise-en-scene is everything the director can control, what can the director control?


LOCATION

PROPS / SET DESIGN

COSTUME / MAKE UP / HAIR

LIGHTING

SPACE / POSITIONING / COMPOSITION

ACTING / BODY LANGUAGE / MOVEMENT

What can the mise-en-scene tell us?

What does the mise-en-scene tell us about…

• The characters
• The location
• The upcoming narrative
• The themes
• The time period
• Anything else…

Mise en scene from a producer's POV...

We will watch one clip together and make notes. You will then have the rest of the lesson, and homework, to write up a response to the following question. No less than one side of A4, probably no more than two. By next wee, in Assessment Books. Mr Rose to mark.

"Discuss the different ways in which mise en scene is used to convey themes of wealth, power and/or class"