The Decent - Mise En Scene

Simranpal Kandola

Setting and Props The settings and props are important in a scene, because it can set the mood of the upcoming events and manipulates the audience into predicting the forthcoming future of the movie.

The setting and props is important in this scene because it immediately indicates to the audience that something bad has happened and makes the audience into predicting what. Also the use of the heart beat monitor as a prop is important because it gives the audience an indication that Sarah has been injured in the car crash and makes the audience wonder for the well being of her daughter and husband who were also horrifically injured in the car crash.

Costume, hair and make-upCostume, hair and make-up is important in a movie, because it dictates to us the characters mood, personality and state of mind. Also, costume, hair and make-up is an indicator of the the time in which the movie is set. The costume, hair and makeup is important in this scene as it shows that Sarah has been injured in the car crash and has survived. This is important because from the last scene the audience were left predicting and guessing if Sarah or anyone else who was in the car crash has survived or not, and this breaks the tension.

Facial expressions and body languageFacial expressions and body language is important in a movie, because facial expressions and body language can act as an indicator to the audience of how the character is feeling and what mood they are in. the body language of a character can also suggest to the audience of how the character is feeling towards another character and the relationship to them.

The facial expressions and body language is important in this scene because it presents to the audience that Sarah’s husband and daughter have died in the car crash. Also, it shows how big of an impact the death has had on her as we can see she does not have strength to stand up and support herself.

Lighting and ColourThe lighting and colour of a scene can dictate the mood and meaning of it. The lighting and colour can also create a dramatic effect in the scene and compliment the personality of the characters.

The lighting in the first screen shot is important as it signifies darkness and distress. Also, it is important because the lack of lighting and and the green glow foreshadows here running away from the crawlers in the cave latter on in the movie, as the same green glow effect is used in the first encounter with the crawlers.

Positioning of characters/objects within the frame

The positioning of character object within the frame is important because the position in a frame can dictate the importance of the character and draw attention to the character or object.

The positioning of the character is important in both frames, as the director uses the positioning to emphasize the significance of the death of Sarah’s daughter and husband. In the first print screen the positioning within the frame is used to show that Sarah does not have the strength to stand up after she got the news of the death and in the second print screen the use of the positioning is used to show that Sarah’s husband and daughter has died and is all alone now.