Film (image) analysis
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BIS161ASP19_W3.pptxMise-en-scène
Barsam & Monahan:
overall look and feel of the movie
sum of what we see, hear, and experience
also referred to as staging
Fr. – “placing on stage or putting on an action or scene”
for cinema, think “placing on screen”
nothing is accidental, all is included to help tell the story
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Mise-en-scène (2)
also…
includes framing, camera movement
results from the collaboration of specialist personnel, incl production designer
to effect verisimilitude
two major components:
design
composition
Mise-en-scène (3)
All of the design elements placed in front of the camera to be photographed and their composition or arrangement, including:
setting, props, use of space
lighting
costume, makeup, hairstyle
kinesis, figure movement, acting
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Sam & Rick’s relationship?
Rick is still hurt about what happened in Paris explained by flashback
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design: setting – elements that function to depict space, place, time
can take active role and not just serve as container for action
can be existing locale or studio construction
overall design shapes our understanding of action, characters
includes props, objects in the setting that function within the ongoing action
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design: lighting – illumination by which objects within frame are visible
but more than illumination; has signifying function
lightness/darkness used to create overall composition; guide our attention within the frame
can create textures
can shape objects by creating highlights and shadows
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design: costume, makeup, hairstyle – to construct characters
function to define, articulate characters
to express character situation, mood, or consciousness
costume
3 properties: color, texture, movement
can function as important motivating and causal element in narratives
makeup often strives for realism, invisibility
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design: figure movement/acting – physical performance of characters
includes gestures, expressions, actions
functions to express thoughts, feelings
can create kinetic patterns
can also function along spectrum from individualized (probablistic) stylized (more expressive than realistic)
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Mise-en-scène (4)
OUR TAKE: a concept for understanding how film elements within the frame signify or have meaning
mise-en-scène functions across a spectrum from realism expressionism
realism – specificity and detail
expressionism – in representation of character consciousness, thought processes, emotion
W3 feature…
Rashomon
Akira Kurosawa, 1950, 88 min
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