Re: what is mise-en-scene

From: "Deron Overpeck" <[email protected]>

As you seem to do, I maintain as firm lines between mise-en-scene and
cinematography, to the point that I don't consider any aspect of lighting
to be part of mise-en-scene. (Yes I recognize that lighting would be
considered part of mise-en-scene in theater, but to me this merely
demonstrates the limits of applying the a theatrical term to cinema.)

My problem with Sikov's approach is that it makes the concept of
mise-en-scene so expansive to be meaningless. I've seen other textbooks
that include sound in mise-en-scene. In these cases, it seems to me that
the definition of mise-en-scene isn't much different than the definition of
cinema.
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Deron Overpeck

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