mise en scene (part one)

Approaches to Cinema 1: Film Language and Form

Week 5: mise en scene (1)

elements of mise en scene

How do these different elements interact with one another?

lighting

directionsource

lighting direction (1)

frontal lighting

side lighting (cross lighting)

lighting direction (2)

top lighting

under lighting

lighting direction (3)

backlighting

lighting source (1): three point lighting

lighting source (2): natural lighting

greater realism

expert cinematographerscan use natural lighting expressively

the ‘magic hour’

lighting schemes

low-key lighting

high-key lighting

performance

acting ‘signs’ can include: body, gesture, posture,movement, make-up, costume, voice (tone, accent, delivery etc)

actors construct characters by using their voices and bodies

performance and verisimilitude

performance and other aspectsof film language

what makes a performance realistic?

how do the use of camera, editing and sound influence an actor’s performance?

composition and framing

arrangement of actorsand objects…

…in relation to one another …in relation to the sides of the frame

foreground and background

symmetry and asymmetry

blocking

Props

as a thematic motif as part of star persona

as MacGuffin