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Mise-en-scène (French pronunciation: [miz ɑ̃ sɛn] ⓘ; English: "placing on stage" or "what is put into the scene") is the stage design and arrangement of actors in scenes for a theatre or film production, [1] both in the visual arts through storyboarding, visual themes, and cinematography and in narrative-storytelling through directions ...
mise en scène the process of setting a stage with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.; the stage setting or scenery of a play; surroundings, environment. mise en table table setting. montage editing. le mot juste lit. "the just word"; the right word at the right time.
Mise en abyme occurs in a text when there is a reduplication of images or concepts referring to the textual whole. Mise en abyme is a play of signifiers within a text, of sub-texts mirroring each other. [7] This mirroring can attain a level where meaning may become unstable and, in this respect, may be seen as part of the process of deconstruction.
A type of split edit in which the picture cuts before the audio, such that the audio of the preceding shot or scene overlaps the picture from the following scene; i.e. the audio of the previous scene (often dialogue or narration) continues to play over the beginning of the next scene before cutting or fading.
For example, after a long shot there may commonly be a cut to a closer view. If a character is walking across the stage, the audience expects the camera to pan or follow the character's movement. Viewers expect to interact with and be a part of the film, rather than simply being shown a group of images.
David Bordwell has attempted to define a unified stylistic paradigm and set of tenets. [1] Others, namely Richard Abel , criticize these attempts and group the films and filmmakers more loosely, based on a common goal of "exploration of the process of representation and signification in narrative film discourse."
Mise en scene is the term used to describe all of the lighting, music, placement, costume design, and other elements of a shot. Film editing and Mise en scene go hand in hand with one another. Film editing contributes to the mise en scene of a given shot. When shooting a film, one typically get shots from multiple angles.
Mise en abyme is not restricted to a specific kind of literature or art. The recursive appearance of a novel within a novel, a play within a play, a picture within a picture, or a film within a film form mises en abyme that can have many different effects on the perception and understanding of the literary text or work of art.