Mise-En-Scene and set composition

Mise-En-Scene

‘MISE-EN-SCENE IS THE
ARRANGEMENT OF SCENERY OR
PROPS ETC. ON A STAGE OR
WITHIN A FILM’
 Space- compositional balance
 Rule of thirds
 Compositional stress  Negative balance

• Compositional stress is the unbalance • The frame starts out

• Rule of thirds is used to balance unbalanced but then
of space within the frame
out the space within the frame something enters the
• Could suggest someone's emotion or
• Rule of thirds means the main frame to balance it back
stress within the scene
subject isn’t always in the out.
• Could also be used to view someone's
middle of the screen. This • This could create tension
movement say of someone was
makes the audience look and then it is repaired by
running they could begin at one side
around the image to find the adding something in
and finish at the other
main subject.