Director Gary Ross has carefully chosen and utilized the aspects of mise-en-ccene in his film Hunger Games, to easily and effectively communicate to the audience about the central idea of the inequality between the rich and poor, and how power and oppression can cause people to become rebellious. The hunger Games is set in a post-apocalyptic America in the not too distant future, in which twelve districts surround the central city of the Capitol. The audiences follow the protagonists Katniss Everdeen
of trying to control one’s fate, as well as the inability to let go of childish ideas although one might try. This sense is presented not only through the narrative, but through the form, including both visual and sonic elements. Badlands uses mise-en-scene and sound to help convey themes of the futility of trying to make a mark on the world, and the naivety inherent
of the use of mise-en-scène and its contribution to characterization is with Rick in Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) during the scene where Ilsa goes to Rick’s cafe late at night and Rick is drinking. The two aspects of mise-en-scène that important to this scene are acting and setting. Both of these aspects help to characterize Rick, at least within this moment, as a drunkard that is extremely distraught and torn about Ilsa coming to Casablanca. Humphrey Bogart within this scene acts incredibly
which shows the amount of energy required to successfully use mise-en-scene to recreate the past. Mise-en-scene in The Butler is effectively used to depict
in anyone’s life that is often longed for. The film’s mise-en-scene comes together with Welles’s use of depth of field, lighting and parallel narratives to reflect Kane’s search for happiness. Depth of field was utilized in poignant moments throughout Kane’s life. The technique (also known as deep focus) was initially used during an important early scene at Kane boardinghouse. Welles utilized framing to enhance depth of field in this scene (Lewis 158). In doing so, a young Kane was seen through
This approach is used by Scorsese as he mimics the long take in a pivotal scene in Taxi Driver. As Travis tries to reconcile and apologize for his poor judgement with Betsy in TD1a, the conversation grows more and more painful for the audience to listen to as it is for Travis to have it. The take isn’t as long as any sequence in Contempt, but Scorsese’s mise en scene stays true to the documentary form and the cinematic techniques by having the camera slide over in TD1b. Just as we watch Camile and
How do mise en scene and sound create meaning in a scene from Citizen Kane (1941)? Citizen Kane 41:00- 45:30 The 1941 Citizen Kane, directed and produced by Orsen Welles, was a blockbuster. The key star was Orsen Welles as Charles Foster Kane. Along him starred Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Ruth Warrick, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, William Alland, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Stewart and Erskine Sanford. The film focused on the life of newspaper tycoon, Charles Foster Kane and aspects
Wave was formed and what made Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and Crocodile Dundee, to an extent, a representative of Australian New Wave by discussing aspects from mise-en-scene. Mise-en-scene is everything we see and hear in the frame of the film. So for this particular analysis of the two films, I will be discussing aspects from mise-en-scene such as Actors
The film that I am choosing to do my scene analysis about is a scene from the film Pulp Fiction written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The scene from Pulp Fiction that I am choosing to analyze is the Big Kahuna hamburger scene. The scene starts with a camera shot that is used throughout the film which shows Vincent and Jules standing directly next to each other, but in this scene there is a difference instead of Vincent and Jules facing the camera the camera is showing the back of their heads
Level, and Profile 2017; “Music Video Analysis - Part of Me by Katy Perry” 2017) There are also many interesting match cutting, for example, when Katy is firing the water gun, cutting to when she fired a real gun. This creates a sense of resemblance between Katy and the viewers, as it is saying that the life that Katy has in the video could be very similar to the life of the viewer: one day, they can break free and be independent as well. They also use scenes that match the lyrics like at the beginning