Studying Film

MISE EN SCENE This term originally developed in relation to theatre and literally translates as ‘putting on the stage’. For our purposes it refers to ‘placing within the shot’. A significant part of the meaning produced by a film comes from the visual content – this is to a large extent how the story is told. What a shot consists of is therefore crucially important. As James Monaco writes, ‘[b]ecause we read the shot, we are actively involved with it. The codes of mise en scene are the to

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Studying Film