Mise-en-scène

Question 1

“Film style” (as opposed to “film narrative”) contains these four elements:

Answer 1

1. mise-en-scène
2. cinematography
3. editing
4. sound

Question 2

The four aspects of mise-en-scène are:

Answer 2

1. setting
2. costume and make-up
3. lighting
4. staging (movement and performance style)

Question 3

Any aspect of film style can be used as a recurring motif.

Answer 3

If so, for what purpose was the motif
selected? When the motif reappears later in the narrative, how does the motif change/develop
each time it repeats?

Question 4

Lighting terms

Answer 4

• high-key lighting vs. low-key illumination
• hard light vs. soft light
• color of light
• three-point lighting: key, fill, and backlight
• frontal lighting, backlighting, underlighting, top lighting

Question 5

Staging: movement and performance (includes acting style, functions, and motivation)

Answer 5

• movement around the set and frame: how does it create meaning?
• realism and its limits, and how standards of realism change over time
• performance style: ‘individualized’ vs. ‘types’
• performance degree of stylization: ‘exaggerated’ vs. ‘underplayed’

Question 6

Color palette

Answer 6

use of color and social meaning, saturated vs. desaturated, monochromatic color
design

Question 7

Mise-en-scène in space and time:

Answer 7

• depth cues
• deep-space composition vs. shallow-space composition

Question 8

Overall, mise en scène

Answer 8

encompasses everything that is deliberately placed within the frame to create meaning and evoke a certain response from the audience.