Mise-en-scene refers to everything that appears in the frame of a shot and can be analyzed in a film or television show. There are six key areas of mise-en-scene: color, costume, props, set/location, blocking/performance, and lighting. Color, costume, and lighting can be used symbolically to convey meaning and set the mood. Props should be chosen and actors directed in how to use them to advance the story. Blocking refers to the positioning of actors, and performance covers aspects of acting like expression and accent. Location can be either a purpose-built set or a real-world location. Lighting setups like high key and low key lighting are used to create

1. Mise-en-scene
What does mise-en-scene mean?
It means placed in a scene. Translated from the French word. The term was first
used in theatre and referred to the way in which a director organised the stage.
In media it is used to describe everything that is seen in shot
What are the 6 key areas of mise-en-scene?
As itmeans‘everythinginshot’there we focuson.
Colour
Costume
Props
Set/Location
Blocking+ Perforemance
Lighting
Colour:
How is colour used in the 3 below pictures?
Crueldevil
Colour is symbolic, not only to costume but also to lighting.
Red – connotes anger, blood and death. The blood of the dogs.
White – The white on the outside tells us that to the outside world she is trying to
bed pure and innocent however the red inside contrasts this.
Black and White Hair – shows she has a split personality, maybe mental health
issues.
Cinderella
White – pure innocent
Blue – Sadness, the dark blue foreshadows bad emotions.
Costume:
What can we interpret from these costumes?

2. Mise-en-scene
The EastEnders cast shown here are stereotypically dressed in chavvy, untidy
clothes, puffer jackets are normally connoted as quite pikey. In addition the slanted
hats support this as they are to try and look cool, not for practical use.
Sherlock and Watson dressed as upper class men, Sherlock’s neat scarf
accompanied with Watson and his own long trench coat. Their hair is perfectly
positioned, looked after and cared for, also the countless amounts of layers tell us
that they are upper class.
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:
How would actors be directed to use them:
Location:
Can be a purpose built set or a real location
A set is what is built to accompany the film or TV program, location is where you
film in ‘the real world’ sets are beneficial for big production companies as they can
build sets tailored to suit the films credential.
Blocking/Performance:

3. Mise-en-scene
 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?
LOW KEY HIGH KEY
High Key lighting is when there is little shadow or dark areas and the frame is very
bright. It has little dramatic effect.
Low Key is where the shadows are very dark, this allows for high contrast between
light and dark in the frame. Shadows are used to add dramatic effect.