Research: Mise en scene: costume, body language and facial expression

Costume, body language and facial expression are all used to enhance and represent each character in a movie and hep the audience understand what type of character he/ she is. These are  important convention because it also define a character status/role in a movie.

Purpose of a Costume

Costumes are used to establish a time period and enhance characters.

Some costumes are made deliberately to tell the audience something for example they could be made to tell the audience what time period the film is set in, the economic status of the character or even it could tell us a lot about the characters personality.

costume types...

victim

  Most victims would dress in bright colours because they stand out leaving themselves as an open target for the antagonist. They would also dress in comfortable clothes to also make the audience also feel comfortable until we see the antagonist which would then take the audience out of the comfort zone. In this example hair is neat and tidy to represent her innocence and her white/cream sweater is purposely worn in this scene because if she gets attacked or possibly killed we will see the blood on her this is how the audience will know she is a victim because if the bright colours because that what blood sands out most on in thrillers.  

Protagonist
The costume below shows a man wearing casual clothing in this movie he doesn't seem to be a victim despite the fact that his clothes are quite bright. his neat and tidy clothing portrays the him as a good person rather than a antagonist plus he has a gun but possibly only for protection or for helping others. we can also tell that the genre of this movie is a western movie set in south america because the gun he's holding the style of clothing and the cowboy hat which could be set in the 1800s.

Antagonist
In this picture below the antagonist is wearing baggy, dark colours clothes, the dark colours represent hidden identity and someone who doesn't socialise  The colours on him are mainly black which also represents to bad magic which links to the wand which he seems to also use a weapon also the colour black on his clothes represent evil and violence.


Body language...


Body language in a film represents who a character is or how theyre feeling with their physical behavior. Body language may provide clues to the audience to show a characters attitudes or state of mind of a person. For example, it may indicate aggression, boredom, a relaxed state, pleasure, amusement, and intoxication. 

body language: antagonist







The picture above which is in this stance we are able to say that this character is confident and believes himself to be powerful, strong/ superior to his enemies. He is standing open as if any hit or attack won't affect him at all. This character does not have a weapon but he is physically big so it tells the audience that his only power could be strength. Having his arms out tell me that he is definitely confident and and a leader of a group or army. 



body language: protagonist



Just like an antagonist, a protagonist usually seems quite confident also he is  standing openly the audience believe him to be strong and powerful however the vibe we get from a protagonists is different but it all depends on body language as you can see the character here doesn't seem as if he is ready to attack but possibly ready to defend. We see that Thor is physically big and strong because of his size which is why he seems to be confident.


facial expression...

The facial expressions of a character help the audience to determine how the character is feeling in relation to their body language. The facial expressions are also used to create suspense or get to get the audience emotionally attached to the audience. Facial expressions can tell you a lot about the type of character they are including their cleanliness or mind state.

Facial expression: victim

This character is in shock due to something he has seen or felt, this is easily identified due to his widened eyes and his open mouth which may represent someone gasping almost. Capturing this emotion from the characters face effects the audience as they may see this reaction and then become emotionally attached to the character by having the same sensations and feelings of shock.

facial expression: antagonist

This character seems to have a cruel smile and he's starring at something as if he is possessed or even disturbed. The small smile he has creates a big difference because it would usually be used at the beginning of a movie where an antagonist has come up with a plan to cause mayhem or disruption.