Mise-En Scene is a French term meaning "in the scene or frame".
There are five elements of Mise-En Scene. These are:
1. Settings and props.
2. Costume, hair and make-up.
3. Facial expression and body language.
4. Lighting and colour.
5. Positioning of characters and objects in the frame.
Colour
Colour in films was first used in 1904, when films such as "Voyage A Travers L'Impossible" were released. Frame by frame, clips were hand painted to create colour.
During the 1930s-1940s, colour was often used to represent surreal situations or fantasy - something that was considered imaginative. Black and white or sepia effects were used to show basic reality. "The Wizard Of Oz" is an excellent example of this, when Dorothy is taken away from the dull reality of Kansas (which is all filmed in sepia) to the fantasy world of Oz, where everything is in colour and is emphasised strongly with cinematic effects.
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