1. DEVELOPING ANALYSIS SKILLS MISE EN SCENE

2. MISE-EN-SCENE Mise-En-Scene includes: Setting Decor Lighting Body language (or NVC) Props Costume, hair and make- up French for “everything in the scene.”

3. SETTING Setting is the geographical backdrop of a scene. It provides a way of creating atmosphere and placing the text generically.

4. It can give you insight into a character’s personality and status in life.

5. It can also be a metaphor for the emotional and psychological state of the characters at this particular moment in the narrative.

6. DECOR Meaning can be created through the way in which a room is decorated and furnished. It can give us information about character, genre and atmosphere.

7. LIGHTING Lighting creates mood and atmosphere. Different lighting can create different effects on characters, objects and setting. The positioning of lighting can be crucial to its effectiveness (remember the lighting task last week?).

8. BODY LANGUAGE (NVC) Body language can tell us how a character feels in the narrative. This helps us to understand the relationship between a character and the events around them.

9. Certain body language and movement can become an actors signature/trademark.

10. PROPS Props can add to narrative information. They can be genre specific.

11. Props can also be the secret in the narrative or the goal for the narrative.

12. They can give us information about a character.

14. COSTUME AND MAKE-UP This is an important factor in creating meaning for the audience.

15. Costume changes can show a characters’ state of mind, a change in their situation, even facets of their personality.

16. They can give us information about the genre, or historical time.

17. PAIRED TASK (15 MINUTES) Complete the worksheets, answering the questions regarding costume, hair and make-up in Pretty Woman (1990).

18. RECAP The 6 elements of mise en scene work together to give a us a fuller picture of time, place and person. They also create meaning with the narrative of the text and can be used symbolically.

19. INDIVIDUAL TASK (30 MINUTES) Analyse the opening sequence of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. Pay close attention to: Camerawork Sound Mise en scene Explain how these elements suggest a particular narrative.