It communicates essential information to the audience such as the time and place.
Mise en scene includes everything you see in-front of the camera.
Costume - Tells us the time period/society/culture.
Lighting - Highlights characters/objects, can portray the mood of the scene.
Actors - Shows emotion towards the / relationship towards other characters.
Makeup - Acts as an indicator to the characters personality/status/job
Props - They can highlight the genre or reveal a key part of the story line.
Setting - Can manipulate an audience by building expectations and taking a different turn.
Lighting:
Low key/ uses only dark lights, produces sharp contrast of light and dark as well as shadows and silhouettes.
High key/ more filler lights are used, lighting is natural and realistic to our eyes, produces bright sets and a sunny day. Typically uplifts the mood.
Natural/ uses natural lighting from the surroundings.
Positioning within a frame:
Directors will position actors at key points to help the audience understand how important a character is to the scene/movie/episode and/or how powerful they are at this very moment.
An example of this is if the actor is on the side of screen is typically not as important or is not as powerful as the other actor (in the same shot) who is in the centre of the screen.
Another example is in a poster where two characters are sitting next to each other but there's a bit of distance between each other. We would then assume they could be a couple that have fallen out with each other. This would then indicate to the audience that this film will be a romantic comedy.
Another example is in a poster where two characters are sitting next to each other but there's a bit of distance between each other. We would then assume they could be a couple that have fallen out with each other. This would then indicate to the audience that this film will be a romantic comedy.
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