Research: Mise-En-Scene.

Mise-en-scene is made up of setting, iconography, body language and facial expressions, costume hair and make-up, and lighting. Each of these work together to help a scene create the correct emotions and response from the audience.

Setting:

The setting of a scene can influence the emotion that is drawn from it. For example in a thriller movie, the locations would normally be in a dark, derelict area. This is because they are quite eerie places, so the audience will become more afraid of the events that are happening.

 

 

Iconography:

Iconography is a key element to a scene. This is because the audience expect to see specific items in scene, depending on the genre of the film. An example of this would be that a knife would be expected to be seen in a thriller movie about a serial killer.

 

 

 

 

 

Body Language and Facial Expressions:

Body language and facial expressions are used to show either how a character is represented in a film, or their emotions at certain points in the film. This will give the audience a chance to gather who the character is, how they are important to the scene, and how the different events that happen, will affect them.

 

 

 

Costume:

Costume is often used to let the audience know the status of the character for example, a rich or business person will tend to dress quite smartly all the time, whereas a lower/ working class character would dress more casually. Also the costume will give the audience different impressions of the character depending on the colours used. E.g. if they are wearing white then we will automatically assume that they are the victim, as white connotes to purity and innocence. But if a character is wearing purple, then we may not trust them, as purple connotes to being mysterious.

Lighting:

Lighting can determine the overall emotions that are felt from the scene. This is because different types of light can make the audience feel certain ways. This could mean that a thriller that takes place in the daytime might not have the same impact, and may not be as scary than one that is set at night with low key lighting. This allows the audience to fear the scene more as things may be hidden in the darkness, or they may just have a general fear of the unknown.

Different types of light include:

High key: When a lot of light is used in a scene.

Low key: When very little light is used.

Top lighting: When the light is coming from above the scene/ characters.

Back lighting: When the light source is coming from the back of the characters.

Under lighting: When light is coming from underneath the character/s  (normally its directly under their face to cast shadows and make them look scarier).