Explain what “mise en scene” is in terms of filmmaking. Use a scene from Eastern Promises 2007 film starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts to illustrate your point.

Weekly Discussion Questions

W2:D1

On the stage, “Mise en scene” refers to placing on the stage. That is the arrangement of all the visual elements within a given area. In the movie, the notion of mise en scene is similar yet different.

• Explain what “mise en scene” is in terms of filmmaking.
• Use a scene from Eastern Promises 2007 film starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts to illustrate your point.

W2:D2

Explain the psychology of movement on the screen, and how it can create an emotional response based on the depth of the shot, motion of the camera, and the camera’s lens.

• Be sure to incorporate examples from Eastern Promises (2007 film starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts.

W3:D1

It has been said that sound provides not only background audio, allow us to hear characters but also magnifies the overall effect of the visual images.

• Has there been a film you have attended where the sound(s) were just as powerful as the moving images?
  • Be sure to incorporate examples from The Shining (1980 film starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall)

W3:D2

It has been said that sound provides not only background audio, allow us to hear characters but also magnifies the overall effect of the visual images.

• Describe the emotional affect that sound from one of this week’s films had on you
• Explain why?
  • Be sure to incorporate examples from The Shining (1980 film starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall)

 

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