Lecture 13 Hugo mise en scene bright light from high place even at night key light seems to be behind the actors colors blue atmosphere is steamed and smoking Body clumsy uncle and meticulous father Dominant contrast size focus lighting color 10 22 Territory Exterior interior Real fictional Authentic manipulated Proxemic Patterns Sociological personal space intimate zone friend zone social zone audience zone public space social space personal space intimate Positions in frame ELS public LS social MS personal CU intimate ECU Position in relation to camera Full front Quarter turn Profile Three quarter turn Back to camera Position in relation to other actors Mise en scene in L avventura to add to the drama of the scene Body position asking her to marry him so far away Wrestles with ropes and the stuff between them literally isn t clear Open and closed form open form dramatic action leads the camera as if something is going on and the camera follows it more informal and random and realistic no discernible structure outer edges cut off possibly one person or few people following their action closed form the camera anticipates the action stylized deliberately artificial framed within the frame itself possibly more set to frame the picture 1 open 2 Surfer closed 3 Girl in window closed 4 Olsen open 5 Framed within lights is closed 6 Framed by luggage closed 7 Table closed 8 closed guy at table Lecture 14 10 27 Exam Mise en scene how it frames how people are framed lead space rule of thirds tight and loose framing open and closed form not acting script sound or editing in mise en scene Art Direction and Set Design In pre planning and producing the set for a film referred to as the Art Direction or Set Design we can break down Set Design Art Direction into two categorical styles Realism in terms of art direction can be broken down into three different approaches 1 Poetic realism using actual real location but shot at times to shoot gorgeous imagery 2 Documentary realism gritty aspects difficult subject matter 3 Studio realism shot in a studio but realistic idea Realism in art direction tries to convince us of the realism of the setting actual or studio whether this be drama sci fi horror or epic the emphasis is on accuracy and mood Ex Precious documentary realism Out of the Furnace documentary realism Blade Runners The Searchers Lawrence of Arabia and Midnight in Paris poetic realism Gravity studio realism Expressionism art design emphasizes a psychological emotional or spiritual state ex emphasis is evocative rather than supportive to the characters and scenario represent state of mind rather than place usually created in studio Dr Seuss style tilted etc George Melies cinema s first magician precursor to German expressionism Ex Cabinet of Dr Caligari sets deliberately artificial represents state of mind not place diagonals used over horizontal or vertical lines no perspective or scale made visual by exteriors of the set Ex Tim Burton Lord of the Rings mix of expressionism and realism poetic Attention to the setting distinguishes an amateur from a seasoned professional filmmaker How set design can affect the interpretation of a scene 1 Exterior vs interior 2 Studio or location 3 Style 4 Period 5 Class 6 Size 7 Decoration 8 Symbolic function does it add up to more than its parts Far From Heaven anatomy of the scene
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