Mise-en-scene

Mis-en-scene:
This is a French term meaning "in the scene or frame". There are 5 Elements these are 

• Settings and props
• Costumes, hair and make up 
• Facial expressions and body language
• Lighting and colouring 
• Positioning of characters and objects in the frame

Setting and props:

Setting is where media takes place and props are objects we see within the setting. 

In different exercise what settings and props would you expect to see:

• Science fiction - Light savers, alien planets, alien costumes. 
• Thriller - Weapons (knifes and guns), cars, drugs.
• Western - Hats, Boots, Waist coats, aged skin and weather beaten, badges.

Characters (costumes , hair and make up): 

• Villains - Dark clothes, facial hair, dark make up.
• Hero's - Light clothes, light make up, smooth and clean skin.

The main films that genres use make up in is horrors, musicals, and for hero's and villains, this is to make the characters stand out more to the audience. 

Facial expressions and body language:

We all communicate through facial expressions and body language. this is so that they are able to get the point across to the audience. This is particularly important in media text with close up and the extreme close ups. 

Different body languages: 

• Laid back/ relaxed 
• Angry/mad
• Happy
• Excited
• Sad
• Embarrassed

This revels information about the body language and how the person is feeling. Therefore, meaning that eye contact is also important but not to much eye contact as it can start to make people feel uncomfortable. 

Positions of characters and objects within a frame:

Characters and objects are very important when positioning and it helps clear up what is going on within the frame. Therefore, meaning distance between character is very important. 

Objects and characters can either be in the foreground, middle-ground or back ground. The reason for this is because it emphasises the importance of the object or the character. 

Deep focus: 
Deep focus is where both foreground and back ground are in focus at the same time. This is used so that the audience are able to choose where they want to look, this is used within the film 'The best years of our lifes'. 
They could also use focus pulling, which is where they focus on one character or object and then the pull this into focusing onto another character or object.