This document analyzes and discusses the mise en scene elements in a scene from the film The Descent. It discusses how the location of a hospital setting establishes the scene and Sarah's costume of a hospital gown links to the location. Sarah's makeup shows cuts and bruises to indicate what she has been through. Her messy hair also suggests she has been in an accident. The document analyzes Sarah's movements from quickly getting out of bed to running away slowly and then rapidly when threatened. Lighting and color are used, like a candle being blown out creating darkness. Props like a cake, oxygen tube, and heart monitor are also discussed.

1. Mise en Scene (Clip 3 )
Matthew Hillary

2. Location
The location is very important in a film as it sets the
scene and tells the audience the surrounding. In
The Descent Sarah wakes up in a hospital bed the
walks out on the hospital corridor and then runs
away from the dark side of the corridor and end up
on the light side of the corridor.

3. Costume, Hair and Make up
Costume is also quite important
as it should link up with the
location. For example In the
Descent Sarah is in a hospital so
her costume is a hospital gown.
Make up Is used to show if some one is
injured or just going out somewhere but in
The Descent she has cuts and bruises and
this is used to tell the audience what she has
been going through.
The same of make up this also shows what the
person is going through. In The Descent her hair is
messy this shows that she has been through
something bad (Car crash).

4. Movement and Acting
Movement is really important in films. In The Descent there are different types of movement
for example Sarah gets out of the bed really quickly but also slows down when she gets to
the corridor, but whens she sees the dark getting closers she starts to run. After this she
meets Beth and drops to the floor. The Acting is also very good as my favorite example is
when she drops on the floor and is very distraught.

5. Lighting and Colour
The lighting in films is one of the most important features as
this helps the audience see and focus on one point of the film.
For example the shot where Sarah’s daughters is blowing out
the candles this provides the actual Colour and also the
lighting as when she blows out the last candle it goes dark and
blacks out. Another example of colour and lighting is that
when she is running and it starts to go dark but when she hugs
Beth it gets bright.

6. Props
Props are also used in films to either make the
audience think what is going to happen or just make
them think why am I looking at this?. The cake is a
prop as this provides lighting for the shot. The oxygen
breathing tube is also a prop as this helps her breath.
The heart rate monitor is also a prop as this is the
type of hospital equipment you would find in a
hospital also this could symbols that she she dead
inside.