Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene means "in the scene or frame" This is a french term. There are five elements to Mise-en-scene, these elements are:

• Settings and props 
• Costume, hair and make-up
• Facial expressions and body language 
• lighting and colour 
• Positioning of character and objects in a frame 

Settings and props would be where the frame is set and the props would be objects that are either in the back round of the scene or being used in the scene. Costumes, hair and make-up would be what happens tot he actors before they go on to the scene, someone would chose their costume and another person will do hair and make-up. Facial expressions and body language is what we see the actors do in the film and this is how we can tell what kind of mood there are in. Lighting and colour is the way that the film could be lit in the studio, and the way colour could tell the audience what type of mood the people in the film could be in, for example if the room is coloured blue then it would suggest that the mood of the people is cold, also that they are sad. Positioning of characters and objects in a frame is how the room is set out, that is if they are in a room. For example, where about's they would be standing in the room, as well as how the room is set out.