Elements of the mise en scene
- Setting and props
- lighting and colour
- costumes, hair and make- up
- facial expression and body language
- position of characters/objects in frame.
Lighting- This comes in three sources which are
- Key light- the most brightest and influential
- Back light- helps to counteract the effects of key light making the subject appear more rounded.
- Filter light- helps soften any shadows created by other lights.
Underlighting- This light comes from below the subject leading to a distorted effect.
Top lighting- Come from above and often makes the film stars look more glamorous.
Back lighting- Is when the source comes from behind the object to create a silhouette
High key lighting- The effect appears more realistic and more depict either a sunny day or a more dimly lit scene. The major difference is that although shadows are still created, the contrast between light and dark is much less pronounced.
Low key lighting- This effect producers strong contrasts of light and dark and creates dramatic shadows. The effect is known as chiaroscuro, which comes from the Italian words for light(chiaro) and dark (oscuro)
Sound- this is important to our understanding of the film. the use of dialogue and sound effects all contribute to the way we appreciate what we are watching on the screen.
Diegetic- the sound that is coming from the frame including hat the characters are saying. this also could be if a CD is plying in the frame which is seems normal in every day life.
Non diegetic- added sound post production e.g voice over or music sound track.
Contrapuntal- music that we don't normally associate with the scene we are watching.
Parallel- music we normally expect to hear accompanying a scene. e.g soft romantic music might be played over a love scene.
cinematography- The way the camera moves
Camera framing- how far the camera is from the subject which includes
- close up
- big close up
- medium shot
- long shot
- point of view shot
- high and low angle shot
A tracking shot is where the camera follows the action along
A Steadicam sequence is filmed with a camera attached to a shoulder.
camera movement
- panning- side to side
- tilt- where the camera moves up and down
- crane- shot where the camera moves around at a distance
Editing
- Straight cut -common method
- A fade out- The screen fades to black
- A dissolve- one image blurs into the next
- A wipe- one part of the screen wipes across the other
- A jump cut- an unexpected edit.
A montage is a sequence of shots
Media language- sound, editing, lighting music etc
Intuition- who made it
Genre what genre is it is it a hybrid etc
Representation- how the subject is represented)
Audience- uses and gratifications theory(surveillance,personal identity,escapism)
reception theory(how people view text due to there backgrounds)
Ideologies- belief and values(could add theorist her when talking about ideologies)
Narrative-Propp-Russian folk tales hero/ villain
Barth's- enigmas
Strauss-binary oppositions
Todorov-equilibrium
