Mise en scene

Mise en scene is a french term that translates to "in the scene frame". This term basically refers to everything in the scene. Every element helps create the visual world of the movie and the whole atmosphere in genral. The elements of mise en scene are:

• Costume, hair and make up 

• Settings and props

• Lighting and colour

• Facial expressions and body language 

• Positioning of characters and objects in the frame 

Use Of Colour

Colour is widely used throughout the film industry to show flashbacks or the difference between reality and fantasy. A famous example of colour being used to show a shift in reality is in "The Wizard Of Oz". In this film reality is shown in black and white to show the dull drab reality of  american society at the time. Fantasy is represented by the over use of bright vivid colours.

 

                                       Reality                              V                           Fantasy

        

George Meilies
 In 1904 Georges Méliès was a french film maker who directed the film 'Voyage a Travers L'Impossible'. This was one of  the first colour films to be created. However it wasn't colour as we know it. The film was originally black and white till Meilies decided to hand paint every frame.

 

 

Leon F. Douglass

Leon F. Douglass was American inventor and co-founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company who  registered approximately fifty patents, mostly for film and sound recording techniques. He also had a keen interest in motion picture.  Inspired by an Ives Kromskop camera that he bought in 1898, he started to  experiment with colour. In 1916 created a process for filming in natural color (without any use of hand tinting.) This process was called the Douglass Natural Colour process. This process involved a small device that attaches to the camera and could produce any hue, shade and tint of nature. Although this invention appeared marvelous it was only used to make one feature length film: Cupid Angling (1918).  Cupid Angling was a silent film that starred Ruth Roland and Albert Morrison. This film is now considered as being a lost film.