Mise-en-scene refers to everything presented on screen that creates the visual look and feel of a scene, including color, costume, props, setting/location, blocking/performance, and lighting. Color, costume, and lighting are used to convey meaning and mood, such as a black coat representing darkness. Props for a romantic dinner date would include candles, flowers, wine, food, and chairs to set the scene. Blocking refers to actor positioning and movement, while performance covers acting aspects like expression. Lighting can be used to focus attention or create a natural feel.

1. Mise-en-scene
What does mise-en-scene mean?
 It is a French term meaning everything in the scene. And how props are used.
What are the 6 key areas of mise-en-scene?
 Colour
 Costume
 Props
 Set/location
 Blocking& performance
 Lighting
Colour:
How is colour used in the 3 below pictures?
 She wears black which gets linked to darkness and bad times, and the red
links to death and blood. But the outside of her coat is white so she wants
people to think she is normal on the outside but she is evil on the inside
 Black again links to evil and bad, and the dark background shows this too, her
green skin makes her look ill and sickly.
 White dress with sparkles shows how she is innocent and doesn’t know bad
and the colourful background shows she is young and happy
Costume:
What can we interpret from these costumes?
The people on the left are working class and less disposable income and are not as
fortunate as the people on the right. The people on the right are well off and more
disposable income this is seen through their clothing as it is made from nice
materials and have scarves and warmer clothing but the people on the left have
clothes made of cheaper materials and also have cheaper looking clothing as they

2. Mise-en-scene
have tracksuits. The people on the left are standing outside a street and there is a
bin in the background but the people on the right are standing outside their house.
Also the people on the left are wearing wellies this could be because wellies can be
used all the time so they won’t have to buy multiple pairs of shoes.
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:
Candle, flowers, wine, food, knife and fork, chairs, jackets
How would actors be directed to use them:
The male character should pull the chair out for the women to show that he is a respectful
gentleman, there should be a candle in the middle of the table although the actors don’t
interact with the prop it gives the scene more of a romantic feel, wine is the drink of choice at
a posh romantic meal so the man should poor his woman a glass of wine, the jackets
shouldn’t come of straight away to show they are not yet comfortable however when they
start talking they can take them off
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

3. Mise-en-scene
Lighting:
How is lighting being used to create mood in the following examples?
This has low key lighting so that only This has a sense of natural light in
What is needed is lit up and the back the office so that you don’t
Ground is not needed to be lit. concentrate on the light but what
Is actually happening.
 Gun
 Hat
 Egg
 Walkingstick
 Ball
 Phone
 Stereo
 Pen
 Shoe
 Paperaeroplane
 Woman

House seemslike he ischildishandjustwantsexcitementanddoesn’tcare whatpeople thinkabout
him.
 Dark colours
 Wears black
 Dark mood