Mise en scene- The woman in black
My analysis of mise en scene is on the Woman in Black and the scene I have chosen is the opening section where the three girls play in the toy room. In this scene the director has made it seem as if this would usually be a nice peaceful scene since the iconography used are children playing in there room with dolls. This put the audience into a false sense of security, because the audience was shocked that the three girls jumped out of the window and committed suicide. The scene also allows the audience to connect with the three girls imagining if it was themselves in this scene or someone they know. Therefor the audience are shocked and are in suspense because they don't know why the girls have jumped out of the window. This is a common convention of a thriller film because they all create suspense and keeps the audience engaged in the narrative.
The costumes, hair and make up used in this scene are styled from the 1800's which tells the audience when the film is set straight away. We can see what all three girls are wearing straight away as it is important to know when the film is set because this might tell the audience what they might be doing, what people think at the time and any advantages or limitations that they might have. The relates to the audience it allows them to imagine what might be going on at this time with the characters showing them as stereotypical innocent victims.
The facial expressions used changes throughout the scene telling the audience when something bad has or is going to happen this was used at the begging of the scene starting off happy and then changing to blank expressions staring directly at the audience to suggest they are being controlled. The audience can see from facial expressions what a character is feeling which creates empathy if a character is happy the audience will reflect that as well as if the characters where scared or distressed.
The last thing I noticed was the low key lighting which makes a dark more sinister presence which is used throughout the whole scene.This is used to make everything thing seem more broken up and obscure which the audience commonly will assassinate the darkness created by low key lighting with danger.
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By Alexander Flanagan
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The costumes, hair and make up used in this scene are styled from the 1800's which tells the audience when the film is set straight away. We can see what all three girls are wearing straight away as it is important to know when the film is set because this might tell the audience what they might be doing, what people think at the time and any advantages or limitations that they might have. The relates to the audience it allows them to imagine what might be going on at this time with the characters showing them as stereotypical innocent victims.
The facial expressions used changes throughout the scene telling the audience when something bad has or is going to happen this was used at the begging of the scene starting off happy and then changing to blank expressions staring directly at the audience to suggest they are being controlled. The audience can see from facial expressions what a character is feeling which creates empathy if a character is happy the audience will reflect that as well as if the characters where scared or distressed.
The last thing I noticed was the low key lighting which makes a dark more sinister presence which is used throughout the whole scene.This is used to make everything thing seem more broken up and obscure which the audience commonly will assassinate the darkness created by low key lighting with danger.
positioning
This is the video itself-
This post demonstrates some understanding of how mise-en-scene is used within the thriller genre. You have identified some of the elements well, but further discussion is needed of the examples and how they inform the audience of the conventions of a thriller film.
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1) Reading over your points and ensuring that you have written your analysis in the correct PEER format
2) Refer back to your class notes and ensure that you have included the correct terminology
3) Include a summary to explain how your research will assist you with planning your thriller