Film Studies Mise-en-Scene

1. MISE EN SCÈNE
Film Language

2. Mise en scène includes:
• Costume
• Action
• Make up and hair
• Props
• Setting

3. Status?
Costume…

4. Costume…
Profession?

5. Costume…
Where & When?

6. Action
Significan
t action
& ...
reactions

7. Make up and Hair

8. Props
Who?

9. Setting

10. Look at the following
image and, thinking
about mise-en-scène,
answer the following
questions:

11. Where and when is this happening?
What is the nature of this place?

12. Who is the key figure in the image?
How do you know?
(Look at lighting, eye-lines & positioning within frame.)

14. How does the way the girls are positioned within the frame
affect the mood of the image?

15. COSTUME
ACTION
MAKE-UP & HAIR
PROPS
SETTING
Movie Still Analysis

16. MISE EN SCÈNE IN THESE EARLY FILMS IS UNUSUAL. IT
IS HIGHLY STYLISED TO REFLECT KEY THEMES WITHIN
THE FILM.
Expressionism

17. HOW DOES THE MISE EN SCÈNE REFLECT A INSANE
PERSONS VIEW OF THE WORLD?
‘The Cabinet of Dr Caligari’

20. HOW DOES MISE-EN-SCÈNE CREATE A SENSE OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF MACHINERY?
‘Metropolis’

22. HOW DOES MISE-EN-SCÈNE CREATE A SENSE OF
CLAUSTROPHOBIA?
‘Metropolis’

24. IN PAIRS ANALYSE THOROUGHLY THE FOLLOWING
SEQUENCE (S) IN TERMS OF MISE-EN-SCENE.
Task