Media

1. Mise-en-scene
Colour:
How is colour used in the 3 below pictures?
Costume:
What can we interpret from these costumes?
Different costumes can symbolise the different personalities or lifestyles of every
human beings. For example in the image on the left the clothing they are using is
trying to portray a chav sort of image (LITTLE MONEY). Due to the basic cheap
sporting clothing such as Track suit bottoms, puff coats, baseball caps etc. However
What does mise-en-scene mean?
French term for the meaning everything that is on the screen or frame.
What are the 6 key areas of mise-en-scene?
 Colour
 Costumes
 Props
 Set/location
 Blocking and performance
 lighting
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effective.The vibrantredis
usedas a signto signifythatthe
womenisevil andangry.Also
showingthe bloodof the
animals.Twotone haircolour
symbolisingsplitpersonality.
The dark colour of the suit
and horns is a sign of
jealousy and frustration.In
this casemaleficentis
jealous of sleepingbeauty.
This is also shown by the
black background and crow
(unattractivebird.
The bright white colourof the
dressisa signto demonstrate
the fact of beingpure and
princesslike.The dressislike
a weddingdressportraying
the happypure momentsand
personality.

2. Mise-en-scene
in the right hand side images you can see it is a contrasting to the left. The two men
stood on the right are wearing Harrington jackets and shirts and reasonably posh
well-organised clothing witch is deliberately used to show the audience they clean
and professional witch suits in with what the roles are in the program witch in this
case is detectives. As you can see this is the stereo typical clothing for a detective so
this works well with the characters they are playing.
Props:
Option 1 - You have to provide props for a tense police interview between two
officers and one suspected murderer. Decide what props you would incorporate and
how the actors should be directed to use them.
Option 2 – You have to provide props for a romantic meal between two characters
on their first date. Decide what props you would incorporate and how the actors
should be directed to use them.
Props needed:
 voice recorder
 Handcuffs
 Baton
 Gun
 Plain table
 Notepad
How would actors be directed to use them:
They would use all of these props to make the audience know what is going to take
place.
Location:
Can be a purpose built set or a real location
Blocking/Performance:
 Blocking refers to the positioning and movement of actors within the frame,
both in relation to each other and in relation to the camera (which represents
us, the audience)
 Performance covers all aspects of the actual acting – gesture, expression,
accent etc
Lighting:
How is lighting being used to create mood in the following examples?

3. Mise-en-scene
In both of these scenes there are demonstrations of high key and low key lighting.
This is used to portray to the audience the good and bad people or the good and bad
atmospheres in the scene. For example on the left hand side image above you can
see that the lighting is low this allows the audience to see that this is going to be a
dramatic event or projects the feel of suspense or mysteriousness but the light is on
their faces showing that the director has made sure they are well lit so the audience
still know that they are good guys.. However alternatively on the right hand side you
can see the high key lighting this shows that the atmosphere in the room is a bit
better and more light and happy. This is shown because the room is well lit and you
can see the characters clearly showing that that it’s a calm atmosphere. However the
fact the light isn’t on him as much may show he is more in control and dominant.
They have used the use of ambient light which means natural light.