Today in class, we continued our discussion about mise-en-scene. Mise-en-scene are the elements in which a director deliberately uses in order to craft their film. The elements of mise-en-scene are dominant feature, lighting key, shot angle, color values, subsidiary features, screen density, composition, depth of field, character placement, shot framing, diegetic audio and non-diegetic audio. After a brief fire drill, we resumed our by discussing mise-en-scene within a picture in which we received. My group we had a picture from the movie departed, which is shown below. In our group we began going through each slide in our slide show as we identified all of the components of mise-en-scene. The first element we discussed was the dominant feature, our group determined that the man in the front, leaning on the desk was the dominant feature because his clothes contrasted the background and he was in focus. The next element that we analyzed was the lighting key which we determined was a high key with a lot of contrast due to the lack of shadows yet a high contrast between the inside and outside. The next element that we looked at was an oblique and low camera angle. We determined that this scenes was filled with neutral colors such as gray and badge and that this contributed to the mundane and boring feel of the office. The subsidiary feature is the man sitting in the background, he is subsidiary because he is in in low contrast badge clothes and he is out of focus, We determined that the screen density is contrasting because the lower portion of the screen is much more dense that the upper portion of the screen. The picture has a relatively vertical composition due to the people standing in a vertical manner and the beams also in a vertical manner. We determined that there is a shallow depth f field to put the man who is leaning on the desk in focus. This is as far as we got in class today with our powerpoint
After doing some additional outside research I stumbled upon a very interesting video that relates to what we are learning in class, specifically non-diegetic audio. In this video it analyzes how movies such as Pixar are able to use sounds in order to create emotion. What they do is they play the same riff, chord, melody, or rhythm whenever a character, symbol or theme is presented. The viewer then subconsciously associates these two things during the climax these same musical themes are repeated which can subconsciously create an emotional response. This relates to mise-en-scene because it shows how a mise-en-scene element can help develop a movie.
Great work here, Ryan. Couldn't give you full credit because it was late, but the work is helpful and specific. Extension is also very effective because you included an actual link and give us something to really examine with you. Very clear depiction of the class' learning as well. Nice job.
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