Mise-en-scene refers to everything presented to the viewer in a film or theatrical production, including props, costumes, lighting, sets, and performance. There are six key areas of mise-en-scene: color, costume, props, set/location, performance, and lighting. These elements are used intentionally to convey meaning and create mood, such as using the color red to suggest danger or green to imply envy. Costumes can reveal information about a character's social class and lifestyle. Props are incorporated in a scene to establish atmosphere, like using candles and roses to set a romantic mood for a first date or a dark room with chairs to create suspense during a police interrogation.

1. Mise-en-scene
What does mise-en-scene mean?
Everything in the scene
What are the 6 key areas of mise-en-scene?
1. Colour
2. Costume
3. Props
4. Setand location
5. Performance
6. Lighting
Colour:
How is colour used in the 3 below pictures?
Cruella deville – inner of coat is red suggests blood and danger
Maleficent – green with envy, points on head implies a devilish nature. Black is a
recurring theme with coat and raven, maybe death.
Cinderella - the white suggests innocence and purity . free of sin and no danger to
anyone. Good intention.
Costume:
What can we interpret from these costumes?

2. Mise-en-scene
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:
Option 1: I would have a black table and two ordinary hairs in the middle of a
darkened room to create suspense.
Option 2 : A table cloth would be need with a lit candle in the middle and possibly a
rose in a vase which would create an atmosphere of love and romance.
How would actors be directed to use them:
The actor could hand one of the roses to his date.
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?
The darkness creates a feel of suspense whereas a lighted room has a more happy
feeling.

3. Mise-en-scene
We can interpret these characters from their costume because it suggests a lot
about their social class and lifestyle. For example, the picture of the family implies a
lower class of people possibly living in a council house with very little house.
However, Sherlock and Watson are of higher class because they are in more
professional attire and the fact they live on a high end London street suggests
power, money and good contacts.