Mise en scene

The walking dead - Rick enters Atlanta 

Mise en scene-

The arrangement of everything that appears in the framing such as acting, lighting, décor, props and costume. It is a French term that means the placing on stage. The director has control over the placing of everything on the screen such as what, when and where. Using it effectively can help create a representation of a character. Production design is the location, studio, set design, costume, make up and properties. the other section to this is lighting which shows the colour and design.

This scene shows how a busy highway that provides and entrance to a main city in America (Atlanta) is completely empty how Rick can roll in to the city on a horse without worrying about cars behind him. It also show that all the cars on the left side of the road have ben destroyed or have stopped because of this apocalypse and emphasises how empty the world is now. It also shows how the train track have been ruined and how there is no trains going to the city. The background shows how the world is coming to an end due to this apocalypse and the affect it has had on traffic for example an dhow everyday tasks have been affected.

The background also shows how small Rick is in this world and shows he is very lonely as he is the only one around that is still alive. The clouds in the top left corner show how the city is now dark and gloomy. The cars and traffic and also trains are dirty with dust and shows that this apocalypse has been going on a while. The dirt shows how everything has become infected with this disease and how it has had a wear and tear on everything in the world.

Rick is being made to be the main character in this scene and shows how he can do what he wants now as he has no one to tell him he cant as there is no laws. He is seen to be wearing a sheriff costume and this could be to show how he is the only one with authority now as there is no government to protect the public so now he could be seen as a leader.

There is hundreds of cars trying to get out of the city which shows how desperate they were to break away from this apocalypse which gets the audience thinking about how the city is now a danger as before the apocalypse the city was safe as there was lots of people who would protect you where as now there is lots of people that could harm you or kill you which is trying to get the audience to think about what is going on.

This shot is an over the shoulder shot but is also a extreme long shot which has been made like this so that the viewer can get a full view of what is going on in the world and city and shows the viewer of how deserted the city is now. It also shows the time of year as the sun is shining which shows it could be summer and warm.

Mad men "Scarlett you're fired"

This video is taken from the programme mad men and it is set in a busy office in America the time it was set in is around about the 1960s we can tell this by the way that the characters are dressed and how the office is set out as the technology such as the phone is old fashioned as it is not cordless also she has a typewriter at her desk.

The lady in the blue dress clearly thinks she has authority over the lady at the desk as she speaks to her and she immediately comes off of the phone to speak to her. Which could show that she is a powerful women. When the lady in the blue dress is speaking to the lady sitting down, the lady sitting down is very formal with the way she is sitting and also her body language. Also the lady in the blue dress is also standing up which shows that the lady at the desk may not have as much power and also the lady in the dress is almost talking at her and not to her which shows she has more power.

All of the members of staff talk really politely to her such as the women on the stairs as she shows good body language towards her and smiles when she speaks to her. She just turns around and says "Scarlet you're fired" which shows that she has the power to just sack her without doing any paperwork.

At the start the lady in the blue dress has her hands on her hip which shows that she could be very bossy towards her staff and very strict and she almost shows no emotion in her face when she is talking down on her. The way the director has set out this scene is with lots of old fashioned clothing such as the orange cardigan and also the accessories such as the doors as they are very boring and bold.