Mise-en-scene

Question 1

Mise-en-scene

Answer 1

The staging of events before the camera
Putting before scene - french
Aesthetic rages from realistic, aesthetically formal, to the fantastic

Question 2

5 elements of mise-en scene

Answer 2

Setting, costume/makeup, lighting, colour, staging

Question 3

Setting

Answer 3

Recurrent locations associated with genres
Elements of iconography of genres
Ex. Distant planets in sci fi

Question 4

Verisimilitude

Answer 4

Degree of resemblance that an image posses in relation to its real world counterpart

Question 5

Artiface

Answer 5

Does not attempt to be realistic, internationally it tries not to, seen in musical sets

Question 6

Compositing vs Digital enviorment

Answer 6

Combination of different elements derived from different sources into a single image
Digital environment creation:
Create fully digital image no compositing

Question 7

Costumes

Answer 7

Assists in individuation of characters, express traits
Assists in social characterization of character (gender, class, ethnicity)
Can also function as props
Assist in cueing historical setting

Question 8

Makeup

Answer 8

Can accentuate expressive dimension if an actors face and assist and performance
Assist in ageing characters
Controversially it can be a marker of ethnicity and race

Question 9

Colour

Answer 9

Often incorporated into sets, costumes, props
Assist in the expression of subjective state or mood of scene
Also function as a motif
Can be saturated (brighter hue) or desaturated (add more white to colour)
Meaning of colour in film derice from narrative contexts in which they appear

Question 10

Deep Space

Answer 10

arrangement of mise-en-scene elements so there is distance between the plane closest to the camera and the one farthest away creating depth and 3 dimensionality

Question 11

Stageing

Answer 11

Directs attention to the most narratively salient characters
Expressive of characters dynamics and subjective states

Question 12

Grand Budapest Hotel - Mise-en-scene

Answer 12

Fanciful formal aesthetic: evocative of children’s books illustrations
Reinforced by imaginary narrative setting: set in fictional european country
Bilateral symmetry: symmetric arrangement on opposite sides of a median axis
Planimetric staging: staging of action and placement of characters along planes in the shot
Vibrant color palette assists in evoking of children’s book illustrations
Notable use of color and black and white in certain scenes
Luxury of the hotel at peak - purple