Select a Scene then Analyze it in Four Areas

Lecture

Please refer to
Chapter 2 in your text.  A film is actually a series of
“frames.”  The analysis of Mise en Scene means “freezing
the frame.”  In these frames, the viewer’s eye looks at the following
elements:

· 
Where is our eye attracted first? Why?

· 
High lighting? Low lighting? High Contrast? Some combination of
these?

· 
How Far away is the camera from the action?

· 
Are we (and the camera) looking up or down on the subject? Or is
the camera neutral (eye level)?

· 
What is the dominant color?

· 
Is the frame distorted in any way?

· 
What are the main eye-stops after taking in the dominant?

· 
How much visual information is packed into the image?

· 
How the two dimensional is space segmented and organized?

· 
Does the image suggest a fragment–or one section– of the
scene?

· 
Do the characters have no room to move around, or can they move
freely without impediments?    

Assignment

1. There
   are many scenes provided in Chapter 2 of your text.  Select one scene
   and analyze the mise-en-scene of the frame.  Analyze the scene in
   four areas defined in this week’s lecture.
2. Descriptions: 
   Describe the following elements of mise-en-scene:

• • Five
    basic positions in which an actor can be photographed
  • Four
    major proxemic patterns
  • Dominant
    and subsidiary contrasts

3.  Shartopus DVD Trailer

Please
look at this trailer and identify one mise-en-scene (freezing the frame).