The document discusses the film technique of mise-en-scène, which includes costume, action, makeup/hair, props, and setting. It prompts the reader to analyze how these elements are used in early expressionist films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Metropolis to stylistically reflect themes through an insane perspective, importance of machinery, and sense of claustrophobia. The reader is then asked to analyze sequences in terms of their mise-en-scène in pairs.

1. Film Language
MISE EN SCÈNE

2. Mise en scène includes:
• Costume
• Action
• Make up and hair
• Props
• Setting

3. Status?
Costume…

4. Costume…
Profession?

5. Costume…
Where & When?

6. Action
Significant
action & ...
reactions

7. Make up and Hair

8. Props
Who?

9. Setting

10. Look at the following
image and, thinking
about mise-en-scène,
answer the following
questions:

11. Where and when is this happening?
What is the nature of this place?

12. Who is the key figure in the image?
How do you know?
(Look at lighting, eye-lines & positioning within frame.)

14. How does the way the girls are positioned within the frame
affect the mood of the image?

15. Movie Still Analysis
COSTUME
ACTION
MAKE-UP & HAIR
PROPS
SETTING

16. Expressionism
MISE EN SCÈNE IN THESE EARLY FILMS IS UNUSUAL. IT
IS HIGHLY STYLISED TO REFLECT KEY THEMES WITHIN
THE FILM.

17. ‘The Cabinet of Dr Caligari’
HOW DOES THE MISE EN SCÈNE REFLECT A INSANE
PERSONS VIEW OF THE WORLD?

20. ‘Metropolis’
HOW DOES MISE-EN-SCÈNE CREATE A SENSE OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF MACHINERY?

22. ‘Metropolis’
HOW DOES MISE-EN-SCÈNE CREATE A SENSE OF
CLAUSTROPHOBIA?

24. Task
IN PAIRS ANALYSE THOROUGHLY THE FOLLOWING
SEQUENCE (S) IN TERMS OF MISE-EN-SCENE.