Mise-en-scène
English 117, Fall 2002
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    all material put before the camera to be filmed, and its placement within the
    frame

     –French theater term for “what is put into the scene”:  what is staged within the
     camera frame

     –not static: includes everything seen, still or moving 

     –illusionistic: arranged to give 3-D effect in a 2-D “picture”

     –complex term: analyses all visual elements, excepting cinematography

 
    3 main components of mise-en-scène:

     design:

setting                            space

lighting                          color

objects                           movement

    performers–subjects: 

casting

appearances 

costumes

          actions 

 
    composition– arrangement of material for each shot:

positions, movements, groupings of subjects

placement of subjects against settings

relation of subjects to the frame