2. The Five Elements
Settings & Props
Costume & Hair + Make-up
Facial expressions & body language
Lighting & colour
Positioning of characters/objects within the frame
3. Settings
The setting is important within Mise-en-scene as it reveals to the
audience the genre of film they are watching for an example in the film
Amelie the setting was in a well know capital city like Paris and the
colours of the settings were bright and colourful the audience would
automatically get the presumption that the genre of this film was a
romantic comedy or just a romance.
http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/top-10-first-loves/amelie-1218
4. Props
The props within a film help act as signifiers to the audience to tell the
audience what the genre of the film is going to be also the props act as
deeper meanings about the film and the choices of your props that you
are going to use within your film are very important.
Props used in a horror film would be:
Weapons like Knifes and Saws
Masks
Body bags
Rocking Chairs
http://www.clickonline.com/gossip/horror-movie-props-go-under-the-hammer/3824/
5. Costume & Make-up
By using costumes & make-up the audience can immediately tell the
time era of the film they are watching, and whether or not it is set in the
present day or a past time. Typically in science fiction films there
sometimes isn’t a time line we can put to our reality and it is made up
which allows the audience to create a form of escapism from there own
lives.
The costume & make-up can also show the audience what class/status
the character is, this is ideal for the audience to believe the character
that the actor is trying to represent.
Costumes can also help create a stereotypical representation that the
audience can easily identify such as hoodies and tracksuit bottoms for
troubled youths.
6. Facial Expressions and Body Language
Facial expressions help the audience know what the character is feeling,
the audience can also gather an idea of the persons personality through
the use of facial expressions and body language. If a character is being
sly you can tell this from the actors facial expressions, the characters
eyes wouldn’t be able to focus on one thing and would seem all shifty.
Body language is also an indicator for how a character is acting, it can
also show how the character is feeling about another character that is
on the screen at the same time. This helps the audience gather an idea
about what is happening
http://uk.eonline.com/photos/10815/best-of-2013-top-10-movies/340884
7. Lighting
Lighting is a key aspect when you are setting up to film, you need the
right type of lighting to create the mood of the piece. Lighting can also
be used to highlight important characters or objects within the frame.
There are loads of different types of lighting that can be used that can
also reveal the characters hidden emotions or feelings.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/film/psycho-was-meant-to-be-a-comedy-alfred-hitchcock-1593050
8. Colour
Colour creates a meaning within a film, the use of colour is important it
helps create a certain conation and meaning in the scenes. The use of
colour can also help set the mood and feel of the piece also by using
colour you can create a dramatic effect that adds interest to the piece
and draws the audiences attention. This has been shown in ‘Schindler's
List’ as the film is in black and white however the girls coat is bright red
and it draws attention to the girl, which is what the director intended.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/04/schindlers-list-actor-traumatised-by-film
9. Positioning of characters/objects within the frame
By positioning characters or objects within the screen shows what the
director wants the audience to get from the scene, if a character was in
the back ground of the shot and another was in front the audience
would be able to tell that the second character is the one to focus on.
Also the positions of the characters can indicate the relationship
between them.
http://www.filmmisery.com/review-once-upon-a-time-in-anatolia-2011/
