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Key Concepts
- Mise-en-scène, French for "staging or putting
on an action or scene," refers to how filmmakers determine what
the audience sees and hears within the frame of the movie image.
- Mise-en-scène includes
- placement of people, objects, and elements of décor
(and their movements).
- lighting.
- camera angles.
- sound (although some critics and instructors do not consider
this a part of mise-en-scène).
- Design is the conception and creation of the look of a film—a
plan for creating the form of what the audience sees on the
screen.
- This chapter describes elements of design:
- setting
- lighting
- costume, makeup, and hairstyle
Learning Objectives
Once you have read this
chapter, you should be able to
- explain the concepts of mise-en-scène, composition,
and design.
- identify mise-en-scène in any movie you watch and explain
its effect.
- describe the difference between an open frame and a closed
frame.
- describe the functions of the art director and the production
designer.
- accurately note the presence or absence of the two basic types
of movement in any film you watch.
- name three major elements of cinematic design.
- explain why most shots in a film rely on both onscreen and
offscreen spaces.
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