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Mise-en-Scéne: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Posted on September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 by Sylvie Landman
In The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson utilizes elements of Mise-en-Scéne to tell multiple intertwining stories. Specifically, these elements work to signify a shift in control as the stories inte... Read More

Mise-en-scène: How It Can Create A Fantasy

Posted on September 6, 2023September 7, 2023 by Max Marte
Considering mise-en-scène is everything on the screen, I couldn’t help but notice all the straight lines being displayed in Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. Whether it was a bridge, a doo... Read More

(Viewer) The Art of Mise-en-Scène in “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Posted on September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 by Leonard
Throughout the movie, we see several examples of Mise-en-Scène, including its cinematography, set design, lighting, costumes, and even the positioning of actors. For one, the elaborate set design and... Read More

Week 3: The Use of Miniatures in “Grand Budapest Hotel” (Searcher)

Posted on September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 by Kevin Juzeniw
The first two scenes of “The Grand Budapest Hotel” are filmed in high quality and realistic format, and as a result, look like any other modern screening. Then, however, after the film cut... Read More

Week 3, reader: Mise-en-scène and Stranger Things

Posted on September 5, 2023September 5, 2023 by Deja Shearrill
Mise-en-scène is everything that you see (and sometimes what you do not see) in film, and it captures the primary ways in which directors manipulate sets, environments, and even people to tell their ... Read More

Sept. 5th & 7th: Reader

Posted on September 4, 2023September 4, 2023 by Jori Klinogo
In chapter 4 of “Film Art,” the authors introduce the concept of mise-en-scène. They define it as “the director’s control over what appears in the film frame.” (Bordwell et.... Read More

Blogging Example

Posted on August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 by Gregory Austen Zinman
The cycle of natural decay is both materially enacted and mirrored in the making of Jennifer Reeves’s Landfill 16 (2011), which takes up the idea of recycling, waste management, and the death of fil... Read More
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