“Mise en scene” means visual theme in basic terms to tell a story visually. Mise en scene is useful to the film industry, because it allows directors to think about the setting of the movie. For example where is it going to be filmed, what era it is going to be filmed in, what props and costumes are needed, lighting, sets and how you want the actors to act? It’s all about making a perfect background to match the genre of the movies your making, so for me my genre is horror so every little detail has to be scary, for example if you are going to do a murder scene you can’t have a rainbow in the background or the audience won’t feel scared.
The whole point of the visual effects is to increase the believability of the films narrative. Mise en scene is essential to match the feel of the movie, to its genre and the audience’s expectations. That type of Mise en scene I would use for my horror movie would be dark locations, creepy music, menacing shadows and lighting that enhances feelings of dread.
A very good example of Mise en Scene is “Star Wars”, no doubt at that time and era George Lucas succeeded where many directors failed; he made a futuristic Mise en Scene follow a futuristic story, which is why I personally think his movies were so successful. Also films that do have a very successful Mise en Scene can also benefit from merchandising. Star Wars had so many Mise en Scene merchandising advantages, with toy collectibles of characters in the film, costumes the characters wore and the most famous toy still being sold is the light sabre.
Another very good example of Mise en Scene has to be “Alien” again with the absence of high-quality technology not available, Ridley Scott managed to make one of the most memorable Horrors. The Mise en Scene is very detailed and dense, the movie starts off by showing you outer space and then it takes you to the ship Nostrumo. The movement of the slow camera effect shows you all of the ship you see the inside is made up lots of computers, buttons and sounds of computers working which is what the audience may be new to seeing.
Both movies are similar in the sense that they are both set in outer space, which gives off a Sci-fi experience. The differences though in regards to the Mise en Scene are, in Star Wars the aliens are portrayed as sentient, with the choice to be good or bad. Therefore the background requires to look like a civilization. On the other hand, in Ridley Scott’s Alien, the Mise en scene is industrial, as the storyline involves workers to travel outer space to harvest minerals. Just as coal miners would have done, this is an ironic approach to showing the future, that although technology has changed, mankind’s work has not.
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