Mise-en-scene is a filmmaking technique that establishes the visual elements within a scene to help tell the story. It includes actors and their expressions, costumes, setting, props, lighting, and positioning within the frame. Color, costumes, lighting, and positioning can be used to convey specific meanings about characters. For example, the sinister colors of black and red worn by Cruella de Vil suggest her villainous nature, while the silver dress of Cinderella relates her character traits of elegance and organization. Lighting can also set moods, such as intrigue lighting between two characters indicating loneliness or danger.

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WHAT IS MISE-EN-SCENE
▸ Mise-en-Scene is a french term meaning what is put into a scene or frame, it is
the expression in theatre and film. It basically tells a story.

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6 KEY AREAS OF MIES-EN-SCENE
▸ Actors
▸ Facial expression and body language
▸ Costume, hair and make-up
▸ Setting and props
▸ Lighting and colour
▸ Positioning of characters/objects within the frame

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COLOUR
▸ Cruella from 101 Dalmatians has a costume style of mostly black and red. These colours may suggest
to the audience that her character is sinister. The colour red might symbolises blood (from her intent
to kill the dalmatians to make a fur coat) and the colour black may symbolise death or darkness she
exudes as part of her character. Her skin colour is a shade of purple which indicates to the audience
that she is a villain.
▸ Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty is mainly presented in the colours green and purple. This
symbolises sinister and magical, regal and mysterious. The grey and black background shows
darkness and old age. Black in this case could symbolise master, fear, evil and unhappiness in the
background.
▸ Cinderella is wearing a silver dress. Silver could relate to her been modern, careful, focused, elegant.
Silver is a respectful and organised colour. These references could tell a lot about her characteristics.

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COSTUMES
▸ The group of people are not very fortunate. You can not only tell my their
clothes but also by their surroundings. The costumes could indicate that it is
winter as they are dressed in jackets and scarves
▸ The two men are seen in fashionable clothing which could indicate wealth.
Their dressed in thick clothing ( trench coats, scarves )

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▸ The characters would be indicated to pull out the chair from the table and sit
down. A waiter would approach and hand them menus. They would both order
wine and their food the same time. This would all take place in a real location.

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LIGHTING
‣Intrigue Lighting
By placing a single back light high above and between the two talents, you create
yet another mood. Again the mood of loneliness or danger can be portrayed. The
single light acts like a street light in some lonely corner of the world.
‣The set is dark, this could imply a sinister or negative mood. Lighting from above
creates a mood symbolising religion( something greater ).
‣The lighting shows a sense of mystery because the image is portrayed as gloomy.

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LIGHTING
▸ The lighting implies a sense os seriousness as it is coming through of the
blinds which lights up dark areas of the room
▸ On the left side of the image it is darker than the rest of the picture. It implies
anger or negativity. On the other hand the right side of the room is lit up. The
character is brightened which implies a goddess image.
▸ Both lighting represents the character well. It symbolises the way they want to
be portrayed in the scene. They both look like bold individuals.