Balancing Mise en scène

 1) Stills from existing media that demonstrate Mise en scène

a. Still image from Clueless, 1995, showing how contrast is used to guide the viewers attention.

b. Still image from Riverdale, 2017, showing how color is used to guide the viewers attention. 

c. Still image from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2013, showing how size is used to guide the viewers attention. 

d. Still image from Mean Girls, 2004, showing how frontality is used to guide the viewers attention. 

2) Stills I created to demonstrate Mise en scène

a. A still showing how contrast is used to guide the viewers attention. 

b. A still showing how color is used to guide the viewers attention.

c. A still showing how size is used to guide the viewers attention. 

d. A still showing how frontality is used to guide the viewers attention. 

3) Reflection 

The main challenge I faced while doing this assignment was trying to learn the difference between contrast and color. At first, I thought that they meant the same thing so it was hard for me to deicide what to do for each picture if they mean different things. But after I researched my media example, I realized color can be used more as a representation. For example, the pictures I used for color with the TV show character, uses the color red to represent anger or a hotheaded character, which is exactly what that character is. Then for contrast, the exact colors used aren't as important, as long as there's a color that contrasts the rest in order to draw the attention of the viewer first. One other challenge I had was finding an example on how size could be used. At first, I tried to take a picture of my dog standing about 6 feet Infront of a box and then getting down to the dogs level to make her appear bigger than the couch, even though she wasn't. Then, I realized that using that example used more angle than actual size. So, I went back and retook the picture with her next to my little brother who is clearly bigger than her.