I have been researching elements of Mise-En-Scène in order to understand and make better choices. I do not want to create something that is too dark but then in animation B i do want an element of darkness. I have looked at this book by John Gibbs and selected parts of case studies in order to help myself with different elements of Mise-En-Scene. I've done a lot work around this in the past but it's nice just to refresh my memory so I can get clearer ideas of specifics in my head rather than just going off and picking up a camera not necessarily thinking about what i'm doing...
This is an early and famous example of a piece of film which demonstrates concepts of Mise En Scene successfully and clearly to it's audiences. It's a horror film from the 1920 directed by Robert Wiene.
The demonstration of Mise En Scene is just as important in Animation. Here's an example of an animation from a similar era, which i feel encompasses a good sense of Mise En Scene...
From around 4 minutes in there's some really nice closeups of the characters and scenes of a forest or jungle. Although it's black & white and can't project colour at all, it still uses other areas of Mise En Scene to evoke empathy with the characters and a sense of their surroundings. I particularly like around 6:20 where Betty Boop dances next to the waves with the sunset in the background. It's framed really nicely and doesn't have to have much movement in the background as she takes up most of the shot with her dancing
"Is anybody lookin'!?" Awww, amazing.
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