Research - Mis-en-scene

 Mise-en-scence

    Every director does lots of planning whether they know it or not, it shows how shots are created before being filmed which is usually always done by the director. Mise-en-scene means where to go on the stage and what to do on the scene. Andre Bazin follows two basic approaches which is mise-en-scene and montage- creating meaning from multiple images. Mise-en-scene is story telling from a single image. Mise-en-scene can include shots that show dynamics at a pace and can state elements such as a persons position, who holds leadership, and who is a target.
    There are factors within mise-en-scene that allow it to create it’s own shot these factors include props, set design, costumes, makeup, color, lighting, blocking, framing, lenses, sound, frame rate, and music. With mise-en-scene tradition their is a scale of naturalistic to theatrical which is found in film often. Naturalistic is similar to creating a world we are familiar with while theatrical is meant to tap into uniqueness and strangeness, something that is un-natural.

An example of mise-en-scene factors in this shot can be found in the following:
- The contrasting colors of pastel pink and blue
- Set design is a mail truck or area similar to a post office
- Costumes the blue post office uniforms and the pink blazer sticking with the same color contrast
- Lighting is high - quality but appears to have a shade of color over that lighting so the color isn’t a bright white or yellow but more of a light pastel shade of pink that’ll correspond with the color factor of mise-en-scene 
- Framing - a close up shot from a side view to showcase the two characters and their relationship. 
**The other elements are found in the movement of images which are typically not found in a magazine.**
Source - https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/mise-en-scene/