Style

Introduction

In this blog post I am going to talk about mise-en-scene, editing and camerawork in relation to how this will create a style for my opening science. I aim to use examples of other films to help me with this.

Mise-en-scene

This is what you actually see in the frame of the film, this is the placing on stage, lighting, costume, arrangement, props and settings.
The film Star wars uses mise-en-scene to the extreme using a lot of make up and set.

Editing

Mise-en-scene can be seen in the shot and editing control the relationships between the shots. Editing dictates the order in which we (the viewer) see the shots. Editing also controls the time and space: it controls where the action takes place and when it takes place. It can also change the chronological order of events for example: flashbacks.

Camerawork

Sometimes the camerawork is seen as part of the mise-en-scene. The camera controls how we see the shots and by doing this can reveal or conceal information for later in the film. Camerawork also can create an emotional reponce e.g through camera angle.

Film Language

Film Language examples are cover features such as narrative structure, mise-en-scene, editing, sound and special effects.
All these effects help generate laughter. Mise-en-scene can be used very effectivly like Buster Keaton films when he consentrated many on mise-en-scene with his "vaudeville" background.

The diffenece with this film is that they rely on the mise-en-scene and jokes instead of the special effects or camera trickery.

                                  

Humour Found In Films

Neale and Krutnik (1990) tried to find out what defined "humour" in films. It is said to be split into two categories of humour. Verbal humour and Physical action.

Verbal Humour: This includes jokes, "wisecracks" and the misuse of language- this could be mixed metaphors and mispronunciation. Humour such as this was used in all of the Carry On films, and Some Like It Hot.

Physical Humour: This type of humour is when people fall over, or the classic-pie in the face, also having food thrown at them internally or by accident. This is another form of slapstick comedy. When physical humour first started there was no sound apart from music-this made the acting more extreem so the physcial humour was more apparent. This humour was found in films like The Inbertweeners.