Preliminary Exercise 4: Analyzing Mise en scene in film

 

"What is Mise en scene?". Mise en scene is the arrangement of scenery and stage properties for a film production. This includes light, costumes, set design, props, hair and makeup. The name of the movie I have chosen is a film called The Kissing Booth, which is a genre of romantic and its subgenre is comedy. The main theme of this film is personal growth and love overcoming obstacles. The opening of the film is friending linking up after the end of summer and time to go back to school.

Codes and Conventions in Film 

Student (s)Quiana Lanier

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Preliminary Exercise 4: Analyzing the Elements of Mise en Scene in Film 

 

Objective: Students will learn about the elements of mise en scene and their significance in conveying genre codes. They will research and analyze mise en scene and genre conventions by preparing a film case study. 

• In this assignment, students will work in groups of 3. 

• Students will document the general information of the film decided by the group. 

1. Students will pick the opening film clip from the movie and identify the elements of the mise en scene in the sequence.  

2. They will select still frames from the movie to support each element and identify its characteristics (Setting = Location, time of day, time period, etc.).  

3. Film producers encode messages in their films and document the messages each still frame communicates by using each element. 

4. Students will also document how the elements create mood and support the genre of the film. 

5. Document the production jobs responsible for each mise en scene element. 

 

Section A 

General Information of Film
Film Title: Kissing Booth	Media Institution Name: Common Sense Media
Film Studio (s): Komixx Entertainment	Director: Vince Marcello
Year released: 2018	Genre and sub-genres: Comedy, Romance
Cost of production (Budget): N/A	Box Office: N/A
A brief synopsis of the film. Three lines max. in your own words.     The Kissing Booth is where a high school student named Elle runs into her long-term crush at a kissing booth she signed up for at a carnival and now feels forced to confront her secret crush because of it.

Section B 

Setting

Definition: Definition: The place or type of surrounding where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

The setting is a kissing booth set up as one of the stands during the spring carnival with the main character Elle taking part in.

Message:

The atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: Romance

Location (Where and geographic description): Carnival

Time Period

Time of Day: Evening- Nighttime

Culture/moral values of the setting:

Job title: Production Designer

Acting

Definition: The art or occupation of preforming in plays, movies, or television productions.

The acting is……… is good , for portraying the mind of a teenager

Messages

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: The opening is scene is happy and bright with them going to school together for the first time after summer break

Character portrayed: Average high school attending teens

Character appearance: (Tall, short, skinny, muscular, male, female, attractive, etc.) school uniform

Character actions: walking, chatting looking around the school

Facial expressions and body language: normal, nonchalant, comfortable

Voice quality/ tone:

Job title: Actors

Set Design: Décor and Props

Definition: An object used on stage by the actors to fit the plot or story line of a   theatrical production

Set design (décor and props)…….

Message: Students eating in the cafeteria

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: Modern private school cafeteria

Décor: (Example: red and black checkered floors, yellow walls, modern furniture, old shabby curtains, etc.) fancy school logo, wooden walls

Props: food, tray, utensils

Job title: The Set Decorator

Costumes, Hair and Make-up

Definition: Give the audience insight into a character

The costume is….The school uniforms

The hair and make-up is ……….. straight flowy hair, natural makeup, short layered hair

Message: Average school students

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence:

Costumes: School Uniforms

Hair: straight flowy hair, short, layered hair

Make-up: natural looking makeup, clean makeup

Job title: Makeup and Wardrobe Department. costume designer

Lighting

Definition: The direction, quality, source or color of light

The lighting is: overhead and dim

Message

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: Romantic

Light Direction: Over Head, Above

Light Source: LED

Light Quality: Very Little

Job title: Gaffer or Chief lighting technician

Composition

Definition: How the elements( actors, scenery, props, etc) on screen appear

The composition is: The two characters, the room, and the paper

Message:

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: Up beating

Blocking in the frame: The boy

Framing Balance: even

Depth of Field:

Focus: high

Job title: The director of photography

Color

Definition: Colors is used for mood and emotion; it tells the audience when the scene is set

The color is ……Bright, Vibrant, Loud

Message:

Atmosphere/mood of the opening sequence: contented, Merry

Dominant Colors: yellow and blue

Meanings of colors: Los Angeles, California, sunny bright and hot

Job title: The Colorist