MIS-EN-SCENE

1. A director might use historical locations to establish where you are in the time period that the show/film is set.
2. They will use locations to show the audience where the show/film takes place and so that the audience understand the social status.
3. Common Place props are often used for authenticity.
4. Noteworthy props are props that are key to the narrative of the story.
5. Costumes are used to understand the character, there social status and the time period.
6. Stars and Actors get the audience to expect the film to be good because it has a big star and people can expect a good performance.
7. Unknown character actors are effective for making the audience think that the film will be faithful to the text and directors cast them not because they are stars but because they fit the character that they are going to play.
8. Low key lighting is used to read the text as being somber and moody.
9. High key lighting is used to allow the audience to see the action clearly and to read the text as if it were natural light.
10. Colours are used to read the dramatic mood of the scene.