This week we looked at the use of Mise-En-Scene. Each movie style uses Mise-En-Scene to make aspects of each Genre stand out. As a Horror movie is developing the different parts of Mise-En-Scene play a major role. The use of props and settings build the location, driving up the sense of apprehension for the audience. Costuming, hair and make-up define the characters so that we as the viewers know who is the victim and who is the villain/monster. Facial Expressions & Body Language - This aspect of Mise-En-Scene brings out the responses to a scene and often mirrors the reactions and feelings that as an audience we feel. Without the right lighting and color a horror goes from being terrifying to just gore and shock. The lighting makes the scenes stand out by giving the impression of a hidden threat. Positioning of characters/objects within the frame - This is an aspect that is as varied in the sun genres of the horror Genre as it is when comparing Horror to comedy or even a romance. It all depends on the sub-genre that you are seeing. The positioning of the villain or the lack of the villain in the shot along with symbolic items varies.
Darkness Falls
Darkeness Falls is a prime movie to see the use of Mise-En_Scene when the discussion of lighting and coloring is the topic This movie plays on the boogy man or in this case the Boogie woman in the dark. The movie has the storyline of a wrong done an the vengence that is saught by the villan. The lighting in this movie is defining for all the scenes. You know when there is about the be a scary moment based on the lighting. Although there are a lot of the remaining aspects of Mise-En-Scene used this movie could have been even more scary if they had been used more.
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