Mis En Scene

Greetings fellow bloggers and welcome back to my blog. Today we are going to be focusing on this element in filming called Mis-en-scene and basically, it refers to many different attributes within a film such as costume, actors, lighting, props, etc. For Mis-en-scene, just like the previous posts, I am going to pick a movie in this case, Spider-Man No Way Home, and I will go into the specifics of the different attributes that are put in a film all together, so pretty much everything that the audience can see on screen is included in the Mis-en-scene. In these shots, you will see the chaotic battles that arise between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin and how he is fighting for his life and his friends. I will include 5 screenshots below and talk about one attribute overall in the movie.

Lighting: 

At first, the lighting is very dark and cloudy in this scene as it is trying to really show that this villain is sneaking up on Spider-Man. This is one of the many examples of how lighting plays a key role in the development of the movie. It could be dark to show someone hiding, to highlight something closing, to show that we are moving into another scene like a laptop or a door. Lighting overall allows the audience to portray specific details more efficiently. 

Costume:

Costume is a significant part of the film-making process as it reflects how the audience will interpret the characters either as a protagonist or antagonist. In this case, we see that Spider-Man has different heroic colors in his costume such as red and blue elaborating on the fact that he is a character of justice and showing his protagonist character. 

                             Framing:

Framing is a very important component as it is the positioning of actors and helps to pick up all the actions being made towards the audience. In this case, it is showing the epic ending battle of the movie, and having the framing at such a wide view helps to show and visualize the fight between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin. Framing just really helps adds on to the depth and suspense of this battle.

                            Location/Setting:

The location is crucial to the whole production process as it allows us to see the actual general place where it is being filmed and the realism behind it. Setting, is just like location, but it adds more specifics to where the scene is being filmed, in this case, we can see the Statue of Liberty, showing where the war is taking place which is the setting, and the location is New York City. So, when you think of location it is always the general location and setting is the specific part of the state or city.

                             Scenery:

Finally, we have scenery which is a key component of the production to allow a particular setting to look a certain way. In this shot, we can see the breaking of the universes to show the chaos that is being unveiled in this clip and also to show the urgency as Spider-Man has to make a very important decision that will change his whole world from how he knows it now. This is such a powerful scene and really helps to elaborate on how scenery is so important to help show what is going on in specific shots.