Mise en Scene-Costume

Casper From Kids

This image is from the film kids, it is an American film about teenagers. The costumes of the characters in this film very much represent the rebellious teenage image that is trying to be portrayed in this film. Casper, one of the main characters, is portrayed in this way through his costume perfectly. In this image Casper is the teenager with the white t-shirt and hat on. The Director Larry Clark portrays Casper very well through his costume. The big baggy, oversized t-shirt and trousers makes Casper come across as a very rebellious teenage figure, a bit of a badass. It also gives you a
the image of Casper being a skater not only through his style but also by the boy next to him carrying a skate board. Skateboarding also give of this typical rebellious teenage image that the director wants us to feel with Casper.
As soon as you see Casper you build up an image of how you expect him to be, the director does this deliberately through the use of costume so that the viewer straight away can identify what Casper is like.

Mise en Scene-Costume

The genre I was given was children's. I chose to dress one of my characters as a Disney style princess. I gave her a yellow flowing dress because a bright colourful dress often represents happiness and this is associated with the typical feel of a children's film. I also gave her a tiara because this is often what a princess would wear.
I dressed my other character as a young school boy, I did this because often a main character of a children's film is an innocent school boy, for example home alone.

Mise en Scene-Setting Analysis 2

This clip is from the opening scene of the film The Place Beyond The Pines. In this clip there are three different settings; the caravan, the carnival/fun fair and the tent. All these three settings tell us a lot about the mood and atmosphere of the film, the time period the film is set in and the genre of the film, it also hints to us about the events to come in Luke's life.
The first setting is Luke (Ryan Gosling) stood in his caravan. The caravan is very darkly lit and quite small and claustrophobic, this suggests a very sinister feel to the film. It also portrays that the film could feel very dark and gloomy and that the events to come will be bad and that danger could be ahead. The caravan is also reasonably messy suggesting that this characters life is a mess and potentially confusing. Luke also has many tattoos all over his body, this suggests that his life, like the tattoos, is kind of all over the place, its quite chaotic and dark. There is however one single light in the caravan, I personally think that the director, Derek Cianfrance, has deliberately included this solitary light in the first setting to symbolise that this quite dark character could have one piece of hope or goodness in his life.
The second setting is the carnival and the camera follows Luke as he walks through the carnival. Because it's a carnival with lights and amusements you immediately get the impression that the film is set in a relatively modern time period, not necessarily really modern but within the last 20 years or so. Carnivals and amusements are usually associated with fun, laughter and happiness. This fun image you get of the carnival juxtaposes Luke himself with his tattoo covered body and black Metallica vest, this suggest that maybe he doesn't belong in this setting and environment. However I also believe that the carnival here has a much deeper meaning. I think all the mad flashing lights represents the madness that his life has either already become or will become later on in the film. There are also many different colours in the scene which could further imply that his life could take a mad turn and it could be very crazy and wild. As Luke walks through the carnival he puts on a red jacket, this colour red could symbolise danger that is yet to come.
The third setting in this film is the tent. In this setting you see motorbikes and cameras which further suggests that the film is set in a slightly more modern time period. The tent is red and white striped, the repeated use of the colour red could imply danger but it could alternatively imply a bit of love especially when next to the white which could suggest a bit of hope. Moreover because the red is used next to the white it could mean that love of some sort could supply Like with hope, but it could also convey the idea that the love he has for someone or something could lead him into danger.

Mise en Scene-Setting Analysis

 

The Duchess

 

 

We watched a short 2 minute clip from the film the Duchess. Straight away the setting of the film told us that it was not set in modern times, the setting suggested a very old time period. This clip included four different settings the streets, the courtyard, the hallway and the bedroom. All four of these settings created a different mood and atmosphere representing the changing feelings of Georgina (Keira Knightly) as her new life begins. 

 

The clip begins with a shot through an archway looking at a carriage. The reason the camera is shown as coming through the arch is because it is showing how the film will be looking through and into Georgina's life.
The camera then proceeds to follow Georgina and the carriage as it goes through the streets of London. As the carriage goes through the streets you see many things. There are many buildings either side of the street, there are also a lot of small and colourful market stalls along the streets. The streets are very busy, crowded and colourful. There is a mixture of greens, browns, greys and blacks, all coming from, various things such as buildings, market stools, mud and grass and the cobbled street.
Throughout this short 30 second clip of the carriage going through the streets we are shown multiple shots of market places. This emphasises how busy and colourful the streets of  London are at that time. This also exaggerates the length of the street as it was actually filmed in a studio and the street is completely made up. The camera work in the film makes the street look very long when in fact it's actually quite short. Showing various shots of the market places and clever camera work and angles gives this illusion.
Once the carriage gets of the streets it comes to the courtyard od Devonshire House. This is actually Somerset House but acts as Devonshire House for this scene. The courtyard is shown as very bare and empty, this is a stark contrast to the streets of London that were shown as very busy and over crowded. This shows that the scene of the courtyard juxtaposes the scene in the Streets, another juxtaposition is the colours of the courtyard compared to the streets. The courtyard is all very simple in its colouring and the whole of the Devonshire House is portrayed as being white. This very pure, white, basic setting contrasts the calm, almost majestic like feel of the courtyard compared to the very colourful, vibrant, bustling and quite mad streets.
As well as the opening section of the clip the director also films through arches in two more moments of the clip, as they enter the courtyard and as they enter the house. The reason he does this is to show how the change in setting is like a new part in the journey of Georgina's new life and how we as the viewer are looking through into the new stages of her new life as it begins.
The hallway is portrayed as very big, grand and elaborate yet at the same time there's something very bare and simplistic about it. The hallway its self juxtaposes the image you get of it. You also get the feeling of being overwhelmed, not only because of the size yet simplicity of the hallway but also by Georgina's reaction. She seems very overwhelmed and as someone who hasn't seen the rest of the film I get the feeling that it is a big change to what Georgina is used to and it's a very new start for her.
The last setting of the film is the bedroom, this is big contrast to all other settings in the clip. It is very dark and gloomy and gives an almost sinister feel, furthermore the only colours visible in the room are black/darkness and red. Both these colours, especially red can suggest danger. The bedroom also feels very claustrophobic.
 



 

 

 



Mise en Scene-Setting

How would you decorate a room and what would you put in it to suggest the following inhabitants?...

1) A poor and destitute couple in the 17th century

I would make the room quite dark and empty, there wouldn't be a lot of furniture, maybe just one old dusty sofa with a dirty possible slightly rotting wooden table in one corner. The walls would be stained and the walls peeling and cracking, the corners and ceiling would be covered with cobwebs. There would be one window that is cracked and there would be no curtains.

 

2)Middle class couple in the 1940s

There would be some furniture, a sofa, a table and an armchair all fairly well kept and clean. There would be curtains on the windows and everything the room would be quite nicely decorated, the walls would have a few photos on them.

 

3)Spy in year 2015

The room would be fairly bare but very modern,there would be a metal desk with maybe a few files on it and an array of different gadgets. the desk would have draws that contain false bottoms to hide things like guns.

 

4)Businessman in 2015

The room would contain a metal desk in the middle that would have a laptop, a phone and many papers and folders. There would be a filing cabinet in one corner and a small plant on top, beside the desk there would be a small paper bin. The whole colour of the room and its contents would be grey and silver and black.

 

5)Business woman in 2015

The same layout as the businessman's room but there would be more plants around the room for decoration and the desk would have a few little bits like lipstick on it and maybe there would be a few pairs of heels in the corner.

 

6)Group of students

The room would have a TV in it with an Xbox underneath and a large sofa directly in front of the TV in the middle of the room, the sofa would be fairly worn down. There would be massive speakers on one side of the room and the walls would have multiple film and music posters. The floor would have empty packets of food and beer cans scattered around it.