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What is Mise-en-Scene
Title: What is Mise-en-Scene
Category: Arts & Humanities / Film & TV
Details: Words: 3613 | Pages: 15.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
What is Mise-en-Scene
WHAT IS MISE EN SCENE?
When I stated in bygone days that everything is expressed on the screen through mise en scene in no way contested the importance of the subject-mater and the imput of the numerous people cooperating in the making of a movie. I never intended, for instance, to ignore or dismiss the significant contributions of the actors and the scriptwriters. I simply wanted to point out that the distinguishing feature of a
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great movie.The director's presence is felt all along and the movie proves how an "auteur" can transform the "stupidest" script into a masterpiece ofarttAs one critic noted"'The camera itself is almost a character"(Stephen Hunter in W Post sept 18, 98)
[In the absence of rhythm, movies seem verbose!
I hope that the foregoing remarks have helped in clarifying the concept of "mise-en-scene" as we used it in our articles in the 50s and 60s.]
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