mise-en-scene tv drama

1. Mise-en-scene

2. Production design
• Production design such as set, costume,
lighting, props and make-up are all used
visually to help tell a story in film/TV.
• Lighting and set are generally used to create
the mood and express the genre, whereas the
costume, make-up and props are used to
show and identify gender as well as time
periods.

3. Location
• The filming location is a place(s) where TV/film
series are produced and filmed.
• Locations can say a lot about the characters
and genre of film/TV show, for example
filming on busy roads and motorways are
usually used in action films for fight and chase
scenes.

4. Studio
• Filming in studios and using sets instead for
real locations can add a real bonus to the
filming of scenes and viewers wouldn’t be
able to tell the difference between the real
location and set location.

5. Set design
• It is the creation of theatrical, as well as film
or television scenery.
• Both costume and make-up can tell a lot
about, characters, time period and genre of
the TV show/film.
Costume and make-up

6. Properties
• Props are used to help suggest the characters
personality and are generally used for action
scenes. For example having weapons create a
very dangerous and skill full character,
compared to a character having a mobile
phone and shopping bags create a girly and
modern character type.

7. Lighting
• Lighting can be used to create mood settings
in scenes.
• Spotlights are mainly used to highlight one
specific character.
• A collection of bright lights can suggest
disorientation from a characters point of view,
and also a character awaking from being
knocked out or comatosed.

8. Colour design
• Camera filters are usually used to enhance
shots. Linear and circular polarisers are used
to enhance saturation and reduce glare,
common places for this are when filming
around water and sky shots.
• Warming/cooling filters are used to change
white balance, often used to film landscapes
and underwater.