Mise-en-scene

  Mise-en-scene 

In class Ive learn that mise-en-scene is to just putting the look and feel on a film. What I mean by putting the look its just means to what my audience will see such as the costume, makeup, characters, the set, etc. This makes me remember live performances because the audience gets to see the characters and their different costumes, different sets, etc. The feel of a film is just how how the film is developed and the kind of feel it give the audience. For example again a live performance its suppose to make the audience feel like they are seeing the actual film. Mise-en-scene allows the audience to experience a time or certain place using its two components design and composition. 

Design and composition

The two components of mise-en-scene is design and composition. Design is a process in which the look of the setting, props, lighting, characters, etc are determined. To make this more simple the design is just how everything you see in a film is thought about. They need characters makeup and costumes to be in a certain way to be in a certain way to match the film and also they need there set and props to be made and used in certain ways to match the film. Composition is the organization, distribution, balance, and general relationship of stationary objects and figures within the film. To make this more simple composition is how everything is organized and put to be together. Just like if you are making a volcano scene of something you would have to make sure the background and objects match and everything is balanced and not just all over the place.

What we did knowing this information

Using all the information given to us we made a Mini photograph project. This is where we created a scene using things you see as toys or just in our house. My partner and I used clay, jump rope, and also a drawing of they sky gluing cotton balls to make the clouds look more realistic creating  a life or death scene on a bridge. The props were good and we got a picture but since the clay couldn't stand on its own on the jump rope we spent a long time finding a way for it to stand so we ended up making a little send using cardboard but the meaning of the whole scene is still there. I wasn't here for the full project but the time that I was I saw how hardworking everyone was working to o create all these different scenes so their meaning can make sense. Even if we were using toys or boxes or just random house things they all still made up a set and a meaning. 

KWL 

Before we started learning what mise-en-scence I already that it just had something to do with how the scene looks . Even knowing this I still wanted to learn what is actually meant and how its used in a film. When we started learning more about it learned that Mise-en-scene is not just putting a look on a film but also putting the feel on the movie. I also learned that mise-en-scene affects how we think of the characters. For example when we see a character that dresses causally and we see most people everyday we call that a modern person/character. Another thing we learned that mise-en-scene is important for how it makes us feel first experience. For example watching a new film or moving to a new place we can feel happy, disappointed/sad, or just have mixed emotions either way you feel something doing it for the first time. The only thing I still want to know is mise-en-scene only used in films and if not where else can it be used?