Mise-En-Scene

Utilizing offscreen space is not useful for

• creating suspense
• identifying which images should/should not be focused upon
• conveying information while leaving details unspecific/mysterious
• showing subsidiary contrasts

Mise-en-scene does not include

• Lighting
• Props
• Genre
• Setting

Mise-en-scene is

• The number of scenes
• Everything that appears before the camera
• The meaning behind a film
• Everything that is behind the scenes

In what ways can the filmmaker control the setting of mise-en-scene?

• By controlling color schemes and creating/sourcing props
• By constructing the setting from scratch
  
• By selecting an already existing location
•  All of the above

Mise-en-scene incorporates the following elements

• Setting & Props,Costume,Hair & Make-up
• Lighting & Color,Position of Characters & Objects in frame
• Facial Expressions & Body Language
• All of the above

Which is not an element of mise-en-scene

• plot
• Costumes
• Facial expressions
• Props

Positioning of characters has been used here to

• balance out the frame
• Indicate the relationship between the characters
• make the scene look pretty
• create symmetry and peace in the frame

The German expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) pictured here likely uses distorted shapes 

• because it was all they could do in the 1920s
• to disturb the audience and enhance the disharmony and horror
• to make the setting look more realistic and balanced
• all of the above

A subsidiary contrast is

• The main focus in the frame
• Any detail that is not the main focus in the frame
• When two colors have opposing meanings
• When two characters have conflicting interests 

How would you describe the depth of this image?

• There's no depth
• There's an extremely shallow depth
• There's an extremely deep depth
• There's moderate depth