Hello classmates!
Today in class we continued to watch the movie, "No Country For Old Men" and analyze it using components of Mise-En-Scene. Every day while watching the film we are supposed to write one sentence on google classroom about the form of mise-en-scene used and the narrative element that goes along with it. Also, don't repeat the same element of mise-en-scene, use a different one for each sentence. If you would like you could also write this sentence in your notes or anywhere else as long as it turned into google classroom by Thursday. If you happen to miss class the movie is available on Netflix or you could see Mr.Rivers and set up a time to watch it in his class.
Outside of the classroom I recently watched a comedy movie, Semi-Pro (a true classic). In the movie I noticed a few Mise-En-Scene elements. For example, most of the movie has a deep focus so you can really see what's happening throughout the scenes and get a good feel for the movie. They also have the main character, Jackie Moon, (Will Ferrell) as the dominant feature around 80% of the time. These are just a few elements of Mise-En-Scene I noticed but I'm sure if I really looked I could find so many more. So now, whenever I watch something I almost always think about the Mise-En-Scene elements that are going on.
Hey Nick,
ReplyDeleteGreat blend of academic analysis from the film and personal extension into your everyday life! This would definitely help other students make sense of what we did in class. Consider how you can continue to specify both of these paragraphs so we can understand how MES really manifests itself in the films. Especially for Semi-Pro: give us something to see so we can SEE that dominant element in action.