Mise en scene - setting

Setting

 = The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

Setting can communicate:

• Mood/atmosphere
• Period/time
• Genre

Imagine a room, how would you decorate it and what would you put in it to suggest the following inhabitants..

• A poor destitute couple in the 17th century

Firstly, I would have a run down dirty room with old wallpaper falling of the walls to show the couple don' have money spare to decorate their house. Also, to show they're poor their would be little furniture just an old wooden table and chairs in a cramped room. There would be no windows so the lighting would be dim to portray the lack of fun the couple have and put a negative atmosphere on the room.

• A middle-class couple in the 1940's

In this room it would also be round diner table, although there would be food on the table to show they're wealthy enough to eat. Also, they're could be pictures on the walls of flowers to represent happiness and a window so the sunset comes into the room to represent a calm mood that the haven't got to worry about money.

• A spy in the year 2015

The spy should be in a modern room with everything white aka white walls and white flow to make everything look professional. In the background could be lots of technology in his base.

•  A business in 2015

I think the room should be filled with actors franticly working because in this day and age people usually employ many people as there's lots of work to be done. There should be loads of desks with people on computers and phones talking over each other

• A group of students

Students should be in a class room. The classroom should be bright and engaging with posters and the children should be around a desk writing in their books, there could also be a whiteboard with their work on.

Setting of a clip from The Duchess

The scene begins with a shot through an archway to portray that the Duchess is going into a new life and the audience feel as if they're looking into her life and how things change. As the Duchess and her husband drive through the streets of London in a horse and cart the Duchess is shocked with the market. On the streets the atmosphere is frantic and really busy as there's market stalls all around them with dead animals hanging up and fruit stalls which shows people are poor. People run after the cart reaching up to them as the camera looks down on them to show the Duchess is of higher class. I think we are shown multiple shots of the market place so the audience can see its set in a different time period to modern day and make a contrast from what we're about to see when the Duchess gets to her house. When the Duchess get to her courtyard Denshire house it has a calm atmosphere with dull colours which looks very posh with lots of open space unlike the market. Going through the different archways marks the next stage in her life and tracks her emotions changing as she reaches different destinations. As the Duchess reaches the hallway it looks rather big and spacious. She is a little figure in a large room suggesting she is lost in something she didn't know she was signing up for. Eventually, we get to the bedroom which is a drastic contrast to the outside of the House. All the other shots have been wide shots but the bedroom is quite zoomed in and feels claustrophobic as there's is furniture everywhere and two actors are in the duchess comfort zone. The room also has little light which creates a negative atmosphere, coming across dark and gloomy. Also, there is a lot of red instead of white unlike the rest of the house which could portray danger.

Setting of the clip form The Last King Of Scotland

The Mission station at the start of the clip is quite green and lush outside which shows it's in a rural destination, the building is on wooden stilts to stop animals getting in that are roaming around outside like the cows when Nicholas looks out his window. However, nothing it luxury including the mission station, it's all basic. As Nicholas looks out the car window on his journey he sees numerous different locations that contrast from the start of the journey and the end. At the beginning he looks out to see bright green trees and wildlife, the area is rural and there's few people. This defeats people stereotypical views of Uganda such as things all being burnt out. As the journey progresses he comes across houses, although these are cramp little houses that are poorly and cheaply constructed like typical African mud huts. There are also people running after the car waving to him as if he is royalty. Eventually, Nicholas reaches the city where all the buildings are big and the camera looks up to them as if it was from Nicholas view  portray how big they are and suggesting he is daunted by them. In contrast people in the city don't batter and eyelid at the prime ministers car unlike the poorer villages. Likewise , the colours have contrasted. The city had colours such as white with lost of blue however where the mission station was there was lots of green, browns and no blue which represents the different atmospheres and social class. One of the greatest contrast are the houses at the missions station and city. In the city Nicholas see's the presidents house and big impressions buildings that make him seem small whereas at the missions station everything is basic and minimalistic, showing how things on his travels get progressively better.

Setting from the opening scene of The Woman In Black

Instantly the audience can tell its set in the olden times due to the old fashioned furniture,  the children were playing with a old fashioned tea cup set and dolls which modern day children are unlikely to play with. There is a dull and gloomy atmosphere like something is about to happen this is created by the dull colours in the room and there's little light filling the room.

The opening setting for a comedy would probably be set somewhere bright with lots of light and bright colour to make a happy atmosphere which straight away, this will put the audience in a good mood. In the background their could be funny hints in the background that people could pick up on such as such as someone having a fight, falling over or a funny poster in the background.

The opening setting for an action film could go straight into action such as open on a busy road with a car chase and people fighting with fire everywhere so the audience are gripped right from the beginning.

The opening setting for a romance film could start in a peaceful setting, such as a park where the birds are singing and happy families walk past. The man and woman bump into each other in the sunshine were everything is happy.