Screen Language Miseenscene Staging Makeup Setting Performance Miseenscene

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Screen Language Mise-en-scene

Screen Language Mise-en-scene

Staging Make-up Setting Performance Mise-en-scene (Put into the scene) Props Costume

Staging Make-up Setting Performance Mise-en-scene (Put into the scene) Props Costume

Film settings can reveal: Genre Location Time period Character’s state of mind/ personality Can

Film settings can reveal: Genre Location Time period Character’s state of mind/ personality Can create a sense of mood

Location Vs Studio Set

Location Vs Studio Set

controlling the environment: filming Titanic (dir. Cameron, 1997)

controlling the environment: filming Titanic (dir. Cameron, 1997)

 • Film about space. . . both the wide open space of the

• Film about space. . . both the wide open space of the American West and the confining interior space of the home. Opening shot – road –reappears at the end of the film. . . · Establishes early on in the film the importance of both the road and the landscape to its story. · Moves quickly from that wide open space to the cramped interiors of Louise’s restaurant and Thelma’s dark house.

· What a character wears in a film can rapidly communicate all sorts of

· What a character wears in a film can rapidly communicate all sorts of information about them to the audience · their position in society · the particular social group they belong to · whether they may be threatening or sympathetic · We can pick up clues from jewellery, hairstyle, shoes, the colour of a particular shirt or dress.

Costume designer Kym Barrett worked with minimal instructions; the brief for Carrie-Ann Moss's costume

Costume designer Kym Barrett worked with minimal instructions; the brief for Carrie-Ann Moss's costume was simply "like an oil slick" Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus wore tough (faux) alligator skin, while his trademark sunglasses added to his inscrutable quality. Finally, the sinister black-suited agents were designed to remind us of "sixties Kennedy Secret Service guys".

Each character was given her own colour palette; vivid bright shades for bad girl

Each character was given her own colour palette; vivid bright shades for bad girl Hatsumomo, peaceful and calm colours for the kindly big sister who takes Sayuri under her wing. As Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang) develops into Kyoto's most sought-after geisha, she also progresses from subdued dark cotton kimonos to rich silk.

Each character has a personalised wardrobe: Myrtle is always flashy, Jordan prefers sporty, elegant

Each character has a personalised wardrobe: Myrtle is always flashy, Jordan prefers sporty, elegant daywear, and Daisy reeks of money in tasteful-but-insipidly-pale outfits.

Designer assembled Edward's suit from vinyl, leather, and latex, and added accessories such as

Designer assembled Edward's suit from vinyl, leather, and latex, and added accessories such as buckles, screws, and bits of machinery. The resulting buttoned-up and restrictive suit separates Edward from the light-hearted pastels worn by the ordinary residents of the town.

The downtrodden district folk wear drab clothes The frivolous inhabitants of Capitol just love

The downtrodden district folk wear drab clothes The frivolous inhabitants of Capitol just love dressing up

The scarecrow's rubber mask left a woven-cloth pattern on Ray Bolger's skin which took

The scarecrow's rubber mask left a woven-cloth pattern on Ray Bolger's skin which took forever to fade (he didn't appear in another film for two years Tin Man costume was so rigid that Jack Haley couldn't sit down Bert Lahr's lion costume was as heavy as a small child and soaked in sweat by the end of the day. (It was dried overnight and very occasionally dry-cleaned)

Influences were wide-ranging: Han Solo's costume reflected his "cowboy in a starship" persona, and

Influences were wide-ranging: Han Solo's costume reflected his "cowboy in a starship" persona, and the C-3 PO design took inspiration from Maria in sci-fi classic Metropolis. Darth Vader: his faceless helmet (along with some heavy breathing) made the character unknowable and terrifying. The original concept was that his suit provided a mobile life-support system (including respirator for cross-space travel) but some details were dropped; Vader may not need to wear his helmet all the time, but George Lucas knew that mystique is everything.

Make-Up

Make-Up

Basic (reduces shine…) Character Glamour Physical states Special effects Expressionism

Basic (reduces shine…) Character Glamour Physical states Special effects Expressionism

Props

Props

Acting and Performance

Acting and Performance

 • Performance styles • How the text is interpreted by the actor •

• Performance styles • How the text is interpreted by the actor • Realistic performance retains the illusion of the fictional world of the film. • Sylized performance. E. g. musicals. • Preparation for the role • Methods. Investigating the character’s motivation and connecting to what they are feeling. • ‘Method acting: ‘Emotional memory’…actor recalls events from own experience and uses for fuel for performance.

What to look out for · Expressions · Body movement and positions · Body

What to look out for · Expressions · Body movement and positions · Body language · Acting style