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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Research: Mise en scene: setting and icongraphy

what is setting?
 
Setting is the location or place where the a film or scene is located, it help us identify what could happen in the scene or who could live there etc. 

Types of setting for thrillers...

-Deserted house
  • ghosts/spirits
  • dead bodies
  • Paranormal
  • haunted
-Forest 
  • murder
  • rape 
  • dark
  • isolation
  • mysterious

Setting and sub genres...

-Action
  • city 
  • motorway
  • overseas/middle east
-Crime
  • forest
  • favelas
  • police station
  • warehouse
-psychological
  • house
  • basement 
  • church
  • prisons
  • hospitals

What is Iconography?

The word Iconography is another word for the images and the symbolic representations that may be used to represent a person or an object. For example you may associate large holding containers and cobwebs with a warehouse etc.





1 comment:

  1. Khaled, some really good information on setting here. You identify sub-genres well and discuss connotations which is good.

    To improve;
    -more detail for iconography please the way you lay out setting.
    -conclude the post with ideas that you plan to use

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