research into mise-en-scene miss georgiou

mise -en-scene is everything the audience sees on the screen . this includes sets,props,actors,costumes and lighting.mise-en-scene also includes the positioning and movement of actors on stage including facial expression.

  The five elements of Mise-en-scene are....

• Setting and iconography
• Costume/Make up (hidden identity)
• Body Language
• Lighting/Colours
• Positioning

In this blog i will be analyzing, into mise en scene on a clip from insidious from the thriller genre.

setting and iconography: 

When the female character is explaining her dream, she walks in to this dark and erry childs room, the darkness enables us to understand the endless fear in the setting hence the darkness in the setting. this setting is also used to represent unknown danger as we cannot see any thing besides the child, thus making this setting perfect for the thriller genre. usually thriller genres would contain this settings for a more effective scene, in my thriller scene i will try to use this setting to give a more powerful effect towards my audience.

costume and/make up (hidden identity)
The evil character next to the child in the same setting is hidden in the darkness and is presented with a dark pitch black body, this effect in the same setting is hidden identity. this is used to create a mysteries character which foreshadows the unknown danger it may cause later on in the thriller, this is also used to once again create fear from the audience and create a reaction, in addition to this in the end of the scene, she than sees the face of the unknown character and the character has a dramatic amount of make up consisting of colours of black and red, these colours are quite dark and bloody colours and once again promotes fear and danger thus relating to the genre of this film perfectly, in my opening scene, hidden identity will be crucial because it will contain more of a impact than just simply showing the evil character.

body language:

The body language of the character in the room was rigid this screen shot the body language being displayed is quite anxious, several people are looking on in anticipation of what the dark character is going to do. This body language creates suspense amongst the audience as they can see that the characters in the film are feeling worried about the bad intentions the shadow character has in mind. Body language is often used in the thriller genre to create emotions amongst the audience, it’s one of the more discreet ways to do this. 

lighting:
When she is explaining her dream and when she is present in the hallways there is a sense of low key lighting being used just before she enters the child's bedroom on the hallways, this creates a sense of tunnel vision and we only see the the top of the hallway which makes the hallway a lot more intimidating than it realistically is. this technique of lighting creates suspense and cautiousness up to the peak of the scene and creates an emotional distance between the audience and film, the suspense created from the audience and the film is crucial as this make shows that this film is conventional to the thriller genre.

positioning:

In the end when the evil character is revealed with the red and black make up he is position behind the exorcist, this shows that the exorcist is unaware and may be surprise attacked, with this position the audience will be aware of the characters potential threat, also because both of the characters are positioned so close together the audience may think an intense scene will occur, this is also conventional to the thriller as it contains suspense and awareness also. nevertheless in my scene i may position my character differently and not so close because the scene will only be an opening scene.

in summary the mise en scene will be vital in my thriller as it will form the base for the entire thriller with the five elements, this analysis will assist me in my own thriller because i now know what aspects make a good thriller and what aspects i can use to differentiate my thruiller from others, in addition to this, studying the mise en scene will help me plan the mise en scene for my own thriller and therefore i can also use the correct terminology for the evaluation.