Wednesday, 5 March 2014

mise en scene: sound/ lighting

mise en scene:

sound:

Sound is used within the scene to enhance the mood of it, almost always soft music for slower/ longer scenes of emotion, and faster more high tempo music for a chase or action sequence. This is not always true, and when a scene is using opposing music than what would be assumed to fit the scene, it is known as a contrapuntal sound. An example of this would be from '9' where they are playing '(somewhere) over he rainbow' diagetically within the scene to celebrate a victor, and then they are attacked again with the music still playing in the background.

lighting:

The intensity, direction and quality of lighting have a profound effect on the way an image is perceived. Light and shade an emphasise texture, shape, distance, mood, time of day or night, season, glamour; it affects the way colours are rendered, both in terms of hue and depth, and can focus attention on particular elements of the composition. For example dark colours will resemble darker and more mysterious characters as it is simply perceived this way. Not being able to see all of a person through lighting intrigues an audience into wanting to know more about the character. while lighter and brighter ones will give the opposite effect.

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