mise en scene: props/ costume

mise en scene:

props:

props within a shot can play a big part in what a demographic view on a person with it or in a scenario they are put in. In a similar way to a characters costume, if the character was to be using an intricately designed can or walking stick you would assume that both they are quite well posh or well off, they may be old or have some problem with walking, like a disability, or it could be from a different time period depending on the rest of the setting too.

costume:

costume will often be used to help demographics get an idea of the characters class, sexuality, age race, time period or in some cases gender. this can be done easily because people have ideologies that link different clothing to all of these aspects automatically, but it isn't necessarily correct. for example a man wearing camp clothes and wearing make - up or a women with short hair and tattoos would seen as 'gay'. or a young person with a hood might be seen as a potentially violent character, or a blonde girl could be associated with dumb and not knowing much sense.