Media Language - Mise-en-scène

Micro Elements

- Cinematography

- Sound

- Mise-en-scene

- Editing 
Mise-en-scène
This is a French term meaning "in the scene or frame".
The element of mise-en-scène are:
1. Settings and props.
2. Facial expressions and body language.
3. Costume, hair and make-up.
4. Lighting and colour.
5. Positioning of characters and objects in the frame.

Colour
From the 1930s to the 1940s black and white represented reality and colour represented fantasy and spectacle. Today the opposite is true.
Colour: Denotation and Connotation
Denotation and Connotation
Denotation - the literal description of an idea, concept or object.
Connotation - what we associate with a particular idea, concept or object.
Colour works on the subconscious mind to create mood.
EXAMPLE – the colour red
Denotation – a particular wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum
Connotations – anger, danger, romance, blood, etc.

Lighting
Key Light is the brightest and most influential.







Back Light helps counteract the effect of the key light or creates an outline or silhouette. 









Filler Light helps to soften the harsh shadows that use of key and back lights create.