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Mise-en-scene Flashcards

1
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What is included in mise-en-scene?

A 
Setting
Props
Costume
Hair
Make up
Lighting 
Colour
Positioning of objects
Facial expressions
Body language
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What does lighting do in a scene?

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Help to create the mood or atmosphere

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How can a director use lighting?

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Put people or objects in darkness to obscure them and surprise an audience
(E.g. IT)

Put objects into the light to show that they are significant

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Key Light

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Brightest light

Used to light up the entire scene or most important part

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5
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Back Light

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Designed to help stop the Key Light appearing fake

Helps cut out any obvious harsh brightness

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Filler Light

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Helps to soften shadows

Often 1+ is used

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Under lighting

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When key light is placed below characters or objects

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Top Lighting

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When the key light is placed above Characters or objects

Highlights features

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Back Lighting

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When the key light is placed behind the subject

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Low key (hard) lighting

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Lighting is more towards the GREY or DARKER side
Shadows
Key light is less bright

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High key (soft) lighting

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Scene is evenly lit and bright

Allows audience to see all clearly with no dark spots

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How is colour used

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Warm/cold

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What does the positioning of objects / people tell an audience?

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Describes where
Shows effect of this on audience
Tells us about where people/props are and the world in which the movie takes place

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Facial Expressions

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Portrays emotion

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15
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Body Language

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Portrays emotion

Creates mood / idea of character for audience

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3 Act Structure

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Set Up
A confrontation
Resolution

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17
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Todorov’s Narrative Theory

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Equilibrium
Disruption
Recognition
Attempt to repair
New Equilibrium
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Stylistic code

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Everything you can see and hear in a media product

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19
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What is included in stylistic code?

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Mise en scene
Lighting
Sound
Camera / editing

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Establishing shot

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Long distance
Sets scene
General impression

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21
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Long Shot

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Shows whole human body

Head to toe

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Mid shot

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Shows torso / lower body

Normally for dialogue scene

23
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Close up

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Shows very little background
Whole face, just the face
Magnifies Object

24
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Extreme close up

A

Magnifies behind human eye
Artificial shot
Used for dramatic effects

E.g. mouth, eyes

25
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Birds eye view

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Directly above the action

26
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High Angle

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Above action, looking down

27
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Eye level

A

At level of action

28
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Low Angle

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Camera is below the action looking up

29
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Pace

A

Changing speed of footage

30
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Rhythm

A

Assembling shots according to a rhythm

31
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Continuity

A

Combining shots accurately

32
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Cuts

A

Cutting scenes

33
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Fades

A

Fading out of a scene

34
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Transitions

A

One scene to another

35
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Dialogue

A

Any human speech

36
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Types of narrative

A 
Linear
Non-linear
Circular
Episodic
Multi stranded
Single stranded
37
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Audio:

Aural Landscape

A

Combining dialogue, sounds and music to make a cinematic environment

38
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Voiceover

A

Dialogue used as narration or talking to a user / player

39
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Idents

A

Identifiable audio track

To help audience identify a media product

40
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Jingles

A

Short, catchy “sound bite”

To reinforce a product, brand or station

41
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Interviews

A

Questions and answers

42
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Phone In

A

Inclusions of tv shows or radio shows / podcasts

For user interaction

43
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Film soundtrack

A

All songs or music included in a film

44
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Incidental music

A

Used in a film or play as background music to dialogue or audio of main scene

45
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Purposes of digital audio

A 
Create mood
Create ambience
Create rhythm 
Reinforce image (PLEONASTIC)
Contradict image (CONTRAPUNTAL)
To persuade
Character identity
Identify an era
46
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How does audio create a mood?

A

Reinforces an emotional setting within a scene

47
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How does audio create ambience?

A

Creates an atmosphere

48
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How does audio create rhythm?

A

Conveys a meaning / emotion

49
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How does audio reinforce an image?

PLEONASTIC

A

Compliments images of setting, scene or a character

Compliments and reinforces message or tone of scene

50
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How can audio contradict an image?

CONTRAPUNTAL

A

Does not suit an image or atmosphere

E.g. happy music for scary scene or a deadly chase

51
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How can audio persuade?

A

To convince the audience

E.g. charity adverts use sad music

52
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How can audio aid character identification?

A

Audio associated with a particular character tells the audience

53
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How can audio help to identify a specific era?

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Style of music can identify with a period in time

E.g. classical waltz = usually not modern historical music

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