Mise-en-Scene Notes

Mise-en-Scene (Everything in the Frame)

1. Costume - choose carefully
- hair sytle
- make-up
- costume
of all subjects in the photograph

2.Location - choose carefully
- mood
- image
- atmosphere
you're trying to create

3. Lighting and Colour
- mood
- atmosphere
eg. use of ages? - use sepia
vibrant energy? - use primary colours
wealth? highlight golds, silvers and yellows

4. Sinisters
- death
- darkness

5. Props/Parts of Set, must compliment.
eg. cup of tea in a delicate china tea cup, might not be the chosen drink for a drugged possessed ROCKSTAR!

When analising photographs, you need to explain the Mise-en-Scene.