Mise-En-Scene
MISE-EN-SCENE [DR STRANGELOVE(1963)]
Mise-en-scene
(pronounced `Meez-ahn-sen') Mise-en-scene is a concept that was transposed from the theatre, where it meant that the director took into account everything that appeared on the stage; he took into account the effect of everything that appeared in the 'frame' of onstage space. These elements had to further the purpose and function of the play. So too in film. Generally there is nothing in a film frame that is not meant to be there, that is not planned. So elements of the frame have a purpose in the act of constructing the meanings in a film.
Mise-en-scene is a huge topic, and this module will not cover it all. I will especially not go into lighting in great detail. Nevertheless, it is important and you should examine Bordwell and Thompson's section on lighting, as well as everything else of course (152-157).
Mise-en-scene are those elements that appear in the film frame as decided by the director. The term is theatrical and......
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