Meaning of mise en scene | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A physical environment; surroundings.
2. Alternative spelling of mise en scène.
   alt-of, alternative
3. The arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film.

Equivalents

Examples

“The smoking-room proper, with its mise en scène of Turkish divans, narghilehs, brass coffee-trays, and other Oriental properties, is no longer considered a necessity in the modern house; […]”

“Keeping the bird low in my field of view⟳ emphasized its early post-liftoff flight path and allowed the lake and its far bank to add⟳ layers of color to the mise-en-scène.”

“Although this mise en scène may sound⟳ like⟳ a contrived “Twilight Zone” setup, it provides Mr. Powers with the perfect opportunity to show⟳ off his virtuosic skills as a writer[…]”

“For reasons explained in the previous volume, noticeably absent are mises en scène representing productions at the Théâtre-Italien.”

“Dupont interrupts the continuity of the master narrative of lighthouse-keeping and marital and extramarital love⟳ with visually arresting mise-en-scènes and mise-en-shots.”

“This is also the point⟳ at which mise en scène no longer simply describes the passage of a text to the stage⟳, but rather encompasses the autonomous organisation of the theatre work⟳, the 'synthetic' vision of theatre and of mise en scène which is the subject of an accomplished study⟳ by Guido Hiss.”

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