Mise-en-scene pt2

Settings & Props

• Settings & Locations play an important part in film making and are not just 'backgrounds'
• Sets are either built from scratch or a great deal of time is spent to find a setting which already exists.
• Settings can manipulate an audience by building certain expectations and then taking a different turn.

In a science fiction film you are likely to see a setting of Space, post-apocalyptic world or dystopian setting. The props that would be used are weapons, guns. 

In a romantic comedy you are likely see a setting of an American high school or school prom. The props that would be used are likely to be alcohol and teenage essentials etc.

Mise-en-scene

      Mise-en-scene

• Mise-en-scene is the French term meaning what is put into a scene or frame. It is made up of visual information in front of the camera.
• Mise-en-scene communicates essential information to the audience about setting (time & place) and characters. 
• It is made up of 5 elements:
• Settings & Props
• Costume, Hair & Make Up
• Facial Expressions & Body Language
• Lighting & Colour
• Positioning of characters/objects within the frame



Semiotics

                                                               Semiotics

Semiotics is the study of signs. It also stands for anything which stands for 'something else'.

Denotation- What we see when we look at an image.

Connotation- What we understand from this image.

  

Youtube Video- Know No Better

Genre- Dance/electronic

I chose this music video because of how it shows the boy as a real, normal child but dreaming of being a rich dancer. We see the camera shots cut after a couple of seconds each time from the reality to the dream. We see the life the boy lives as a normal boy and then the life he imagines as the rich, successful boy.

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