Mise-En-Scene

Mise-En-Scene



The term mise en scene is a french term meaning everything within the scene or frame. so this includes in a frame:

Costume, hair and make up:
For example in a western you'd expect the costume features to be wearing a cowboy hat and the western shoes.

I think the genre the use of most make up must be films such as star trek because on the features on aliens they have to use lots of make up.

The costumes Villians wear would be gothic and dark colours.

Props are used a lot in every films, for example in a superhero film like batman his props would be his utility belt and his car.

Settings are key in films to search for the exact location to set the film, so for example the setting for a western movie the scene of a shootout would be in a deserted area and old houses, to make it look like your in texas as well.

Also if characters or objects are positioned within the frame this will give a balanced feel to the shot. If the characters are positioned at the outside edges of the frame then this indicates a distance between characters.