What is it? Mise en scène directly translates to either “placing on stage” or “what is put into the scene.” It refers to anything that is placed in front of the camera. This includes lighting, composition, art direction, costuming, makeup, and texture.
1) Stills from Existing Media
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| A still from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) using contrast to guide the viewer’s attention The person is much brighter than the background, contrasting them, which makes the man stand out more. |
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| A still from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) using color to guide the viewer’s attention Everything in this still is a hue of blue (a cool color) besides the red jacket (A warm color). |
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| A still from Jurassic Park (1993) using size to guide the viewer’s attention Highlights the Brachiosaurus by showing the size difference between it and the humans. |
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| A still from Aftersun (2022) using frontality to guide the viewer’s attention Even though the man is closer to the camera, because the girl is faced towards the camera more (frontally), the viewer becomes more inclined to look at her and so she becomes the focal point here. |
2) Stills created by me
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| A still using contrast to guide the viewer’s attention There are two plushies here, one is blending into the background while the other stands out. That is because the plushie on the right is much more brighter, so it contrasts the black background, making it more noticeable to our eyes. |
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| A still using color to guide the viewer’s attention This image uses red and green, warm tones usually attract people’s eyes first and in this case it’s red so it draws our eyes the most. |
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| A still using size to guide the viewer’s attentions The plush to the right is more closer to the camera, making it much bigger. This draws our eyes more attention to it since we are usually more drawn to bigger items than smaller ones. |
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Here, there is two people talking, however, our eyes are more drawn to the blond boy since he is facing in the general direction of the camera more than the other boy. This is because frontality has a range. Which means, the blond boy does not have to face directly towards the camera in order to guide the viewer’s attention. |
3) Written Reflection
Overall, this blog was not difficult but took a long time to created due to small issues/misunderstanding that slowed it down. The biggest challenge I mainly faced during this photo experiment was differing between contrast and color. Beforehand, I had thought it was almost the same thing due to the term "color contrast." After researching, I concluded that color refers to the hues and saturation of an image/scene. While, contrast refers to how strongly the different elements stand out against each other, like light vs. dark. Though there are much better explanations, I stuck to this simple one for this blog. It actually took me a concerning amount of time to figure this out… Another issue was that I struggled with understanding frontality. Basically, I misunderstood the usage of it when it came to guiding the viewer’s attention. At first, I thought it meant a simple one shot with the person facing the viewer, but that makes it so frontality (In terms of drawing the viewer to the focal point) is pointless since there isn’t anything else to focus on. From what I learned in my media studies class, frontality works better when it’s with two or more items and one is facing front while the others are not. Another challenge I often had was knowing what to take photos of… I had pictures in my head but when it came to real life, it did not look as good as I had imagined. So I redid many photos in order to get my point across.
Taking the photos was not bad at all, relatively, I managed to take them pretty quickly with no issues. In general, I had a fun time doing this blog, but next time I would definitely plan more beforehand.
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