What is meant when it is a mis en scene?
Mise-en-scène is an expression used to describe the design aspects of a theatre or film production, which essentially means visual theme or telling a story both in visually artful ways through storyboarding, cinematography and stage design, and in poetically artful ways through direction. Mise-en-scène has been called film criticism's grand undefined term.
When applied to the cinema, mise-en-scène refers to everything that appears before the camera and its arrangement composition, sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting. Mise-en-scène also includes the positioning and movement of actors on the set, which is called blocking. These are all the areas overseen by the director, and thus, in French film credits, the director's title is metteur en scène, placer on scene.
Key aspects of Mis en scene
Decor- The setting of the scene and the way it is presented can determine the mood of the atmosphere and of the characters and help to determine the emotion of that particular scene.
Lighting- The lighting of the scene is important because it can depend the different perspective of what the viewer will interpret in that scene. Also it can focus on the attention which is most important in that composition.
Space- The spaces of the represented can determine how the film is interpreted to the viewers
Costume- The costumes refer to the clothes that the actors wear. The certain styles and colours that can be used can signify the characters and show clear differences between each character.
Acting- This is an enormous part played in the production of a film and can be changed in performances by its historical and cultural background through styles of cinema.
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