Tuesday 18 October 2011

Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene basically means anything on the screen e.g props.

Mise-en-scene Location
The location can tell us where the film is set, and what time period it's in e.g 16th century Italy.

Mise-en-scene Costume
Costume and make up can suggest a character's role, age, status and the time period in which the film is set in e.g a king from the medieval times.

Mise-en-scene Props
Props are important objects that relate to the story, action, time or setting of a film. They may also give us extra information on a character e.g a weapon

 Mise-en-scene Lighting
Lighting can add atmosphere and highlight important objects/characters. It can also tell us what time of day/night it is.

What is Editing?

Editing
Is taking all pieces of individual footage and combining them together, so that it makes sense to the audience. It also involves adding sound effects, music and transitions, these will all help to make the film move on that bit more smoothly and in some cases will add tension, violence or horror.

Transitions
They are used to join two clips together, some are very simple but some are more advanced and can be used to show that some time has passed etc.
Dissolve - A gradual transition from one clip to another, they fade together. It could be used to show time passing.
Fade - A transition to a black or white screen then back to the same/different image. It may be used to show flashbacks, dreams or again, time passing etc.
Wipe - A new image will start to move across the original. This can show a new location or character, this was famously used in the original trilogy of Star Wars, every time a location changed.
Jump-cut - An abrupt cut from one shot to another. This can be used if a different charecter starts to speak or move.

Sound
Diegetic sound - Sound that is picked up during the filming process e.g Dialogue, footsteps etc.
Non-Diegetic sound - Sound that is added during the editing process e.g Music and other sound effects.