Mise En Scene

Hello!

Today's learning topic was Mise En Scene! For those of you who do not know what this is, don't worry! Before my lesson today, I had absolutely no idea and actually panicked a little when my teacher said the three words as it made no sense to me at all! This is probably because is is a french saying meaning "in the scene" - The first thing I learnt!

Everything that we see in a film has a meaning, it is put there for a purpose! This all comes under Mies En Scene! It includes these elements: props, costume, hair, makeup, facial expressions, body language, lighting, colour and positioning.

After learning the basics, we went on to look at each element in more detail! I did this in a notepad and will now attach pictures of my work onto the blog so that you can learn a little more about each element!

I am now fully aware of what Mise En Scene is and have a particular interest in camera angles and colour values! I love to film and use a camera and so learning what all the different camera angles were really interested me! My personal favourite is the birds eye view. This is when the camera angle is above the scene, looking down (like a bird). I like this angle because I think it is much different to just a regular shot or some of the other shots such as eye-level and low angle which are all done on the ground, I think this angle is much more creative and eye-catching. I enjoyed looking at colour values as I also study English Literature A-Levels and we have recently looked at colour connotations which is included in this sector. For example, in a horror, the characters would wear black, dark colours and the colours in the shots would be very dark and dull to connote death and emptiness.






We were then set the task to put this knowledge to practise. We had to find pictures of a scene in a film or TV programme and annotate the Mise En Scene elements. I chose 5 Hollyoaks scenes - I will now attach a picture of one of these scenes with annotations so that you can see my understanding!






See you soon!