Mise-En-Scene Flashcards
1
Q
shooting on location and on set
A
- on location: area/locale
- on set: less costly, everything can be manipulated/controlled
- props and actions can have precision
- inhibits camera movement (limited to set)
- idealogical agenda (creating a surreal world)
- digital effects can cut together parts of settings
2
Q
hard and soft lighting
A
- relative intensiveness
- hard: produce high contrast, crisp textures, shadows, sharp edges
- soft: diffused, glamourized
3
Q
directional lighting (frontal, back, side, top, under)
A
- path from source to object
- frontal: no shadows, flat
- side: sculpt features
- back: silhouette, rim of light, halo effect, seperate them from background
- under: menacing effect
- top: from above
4
Q
key and fill light
A
- key: chief source of light, brightest
- fill: eliminate + soften shadow, less intense
- appear in 3D
- creates depth
5
Q
three-point lighting
A
- classical film
- evenly, well lit image, slightly diffused effect
- key, fill, backlight
- back: behind + above
- key: diagonally from front
- fill: near camera
- set for each major character
6
Q
high-key and low-key lighting
A
- high key: no harsh contrast, no strong shadow, well, evenly lit
- everything is visible, no obscurities
- uses fill + backlight to create low contrast
- can suggest lighting conditions/time of day
- low key: little fill light, high key light, more contrast, shadows
- somber, threatening, mysterious (horror, film noir)
7
Q
stylization vs. naturalistic performance
A
-stylized: nonrealistic (comedies, fantasy)
8
Q
balanced composition
A
- distribute various points of interest evenly
- balance left + right halves
- centre on single figure
9
Q
unbalanced composition
A
- create expectation of change
- contrast + colours: catch attention
10
Q
shallow-space composition
A
-M-E-S suggests little depth
11
Q
deep-space composition
A
- significant distance, separate planes
- most in between
12
Q
frontality
A
- look at person facing us
- can change overtime to guide attention
- denying: creates suspense
13
Q
individualized characters vs. broad types
A
- individualized: highly unique characters
- ideosyncratic neurosis (Woody Allen)
- broadtypes: Eissenstien uses capitalist/proletarian type
- he was more interested in how they looked, rather than their acting-typecasting
14
Q
mise-en-scene
A
- “put into place” or “staging an action,”
- involves everything placed before the camera
15
Q
costume
A
- draw attention (forging relationship to set)
- construct character (class distinction)
- can recreate subject
- can play causal roles
- can become motifs, enhancing characterization + tracing changes in attitude
- can be used for graphic qualities
- colour design: used to contrast/match colour values of settings + costume
