mise en scene

Mise en scene

mise en scene is everything that appears on the stage. examples are props, actors, sets, and lighting.

there are 5 elements in mise en scene. These are: Settings & Props, Costume, Body Language, Lighting, Positioning of characters/objects.

settings and props showing where it is and what items are visible

costume of what the characters are wearing

body language showing the characters expressions and how their bodies are positioned

lighting to show the tone of the scene, brighter if its a happy scene, darker if its a dark scene

positioning of characters and objects showing what the characters are doing and object positioning of where they are.

Cinematography and shot types

there are many different shot types in cinematography. These include: extreme wide shot, wide shot, mid shot, close up, extreme close up, point of view, 2 shot, over the shoulder shot, high angle shot, low angle shot and birds eye view.

extreme wide shot is where the camera is placed in front of a certain location.

wide shot is where the camera shows both the person and their location.

mid shot is where the camera shows the person’s top half showing the person in more detail.

close up is where the camera is placed in front of someone’s face

extreme close up is where the camera is directly in someones face and the camera is focused on their eyes or their mouth.

pov is where the camera is either placed in the view of a character or somewhere else.

2 shot is where the camera is placed in front of 2 people. Used mostly in conversation scenes

over the shoulder shot is where the camera is placed behind someones shoulder. Used mostly in conversation scenes

high angle shot is where the camera is placed above someone which makes them look smaller

low angle shot is where the camera is placed below someone which makes them look taller

birds eye view is where the camera is directly above a landscape

Here is my clip analysis:

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