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Recap. You have 10 minutes to take a low, mid or high key portrait of one other student In this time you must set up the camera, flashes, find a suitable location and shoot Your portrait must aim to show the persons true character

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Recap

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  1. Recap • You have 10 minutes to take a low, mid or high key portrait of one other student • In this time you must set up the camera, flashes, find a suitable location and shoot • Your portrait must aim to show the persons true character • Come back and show your portrait to each other. How has your choice of lighting impacted the communication of personality? Rate out of 10

  2. Today

  3. AS Photography Introduction to Mise En Scene

  4. Session Aims By the end of the session you will be able to: • Understand the concept of ‘mise en scene’ • Apply the concept to your own shoot plans

  5. The 5 Elements of Mise en Scene Each aspect of mise-en-scene has hidden meanings and sends signals to the viewer about how we are supposed to feel • Settings & Props • Costume, Hair & Make Up • Facial Expressions & Body Language • Lighting & Colour • Positioning of characters/objects within the frame

  6. Settings & Locations play an important part in photography and are not just backgrounds. Props can add meaning or help to tell a story Herb Ritz

  7. Gregory Crewdson

  8. 2. Costume, Hair & Make Up • Costume, Hair & Make Up act as an instant indicator to us of a character’s personality, status (& job) or they help us link to style and theme Rankin

  9. William Klien

  10. David Lachappele

  11. Man Ray

  12. 4. Positioning of Characters & Objects within a frame • Positioning within a frame can draw our attention to an important character/object W Eugune Smith

  13. IMAGE 1 Mario Testino

  14. Facial expressions and body language link to a characters style, job, position and can really help to tell a story Rankin

  15. Irving Penn

  16. Edward Weston

  17. 5. Lighting & Colour Lighting & Colour can be used to achieve a variety of effects Colour carries certain connotations which may add meaning to a scene (i.e. Red = Danger/Passion) Black and white carries with it overtones of professionalism, reality and fine artstate/hidden emotions (i.e. bright = happy, dark = disturbed, strobe effect = confused Mario Sorenti

  18. Paolo Roversi

  19. Tim Walker

  20. Types of Lighting • LOW KEY LIGHTING: • Created by using only the key & back lights • Produces sharp contrasts of light and dark areas • Deep, distinct shadows/silhouettes are formed Mario Sorenti

  21. Types of Lighting • MIDKEY LIGHTING: • Created by using only the key & back lights • Produces sharp contrasts of light and dark areas • Deep, distinct shadows/silhouettes are formed Mark Selega

  22. Types of Lighting • HIGH KEY LIGHTING: • More filler lights are used. Lighting is natural and realistic to our eyes • Produces brightly lit sets or a sunny day (right) Rankin

  23. Task • Sketch (or make collage) out one of the following scenarios paying close attention and annotating with the mise en scene elements. This needs to be completed and added to your folders AO1 = research/showing knowledge of mise-en scene AO2 = planning of shoots • A fashion shoot; Target Audience of 16-25 year olds, male and female, mid to high end designer labels e.g. Diesel, G-Star. Aspirational (audience wants to be like the models/have same lifestyle). Full page advert in Vice or Billboard • Editorial; Story about internet use/misuse by young people aimed at their parents. two page spread with text in Sunday newspaper lifestyle section

  24. Homework • Create a similar set-up based on your current ideas taking into account all appropriate mise en scene • Come to the next class ready to shoot or ideally book studio time and shoot before. This is development of ideas

  25. Summary • On a post-it list all the elements of mise en scene • Pass to a partner for checking. Your partner cant give you the answer and you cant say anything other than 1 or more elements are needed. You can only mime to give clues! • You cant leave until you have them all

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