Elements of Design
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Elements of Design
Director Ridley Scott without prior notice showered his cast in real internal organs purchased from a local butcher to create authentic screams from his cast, in the “chest burning” scene in his 1986 production of Alien (Greenberg, 1993). Successful movies are made when the cast and crew can make a movie believable, even if its fiction. What the movie viewer sees on screen is a collaboration of several people, not just the performance of skilled actors. The mise en scene is what the viewer sees on screen, the lighting, the props, the costumes, and placement of everything in between. These decisions are made from the artist involved in production including the director, the production designer, and the art director along with several other crewmembers. The following is an example of the mise en scene- the lighting, the set, and the costumes- and how each aspect influences the two-minute movie clip, Harry Loves Sally, from the movie When Harry Met Sally.
When Harry Met Sally is a romantic comedy written by Nora Ephron, directed by Rob Reiner, and Produced by Andy Scheinman in 1989. The story is carried out over several years starting in 1977 when Harry and Sally meet and drive cross-country together. The two have different views on friendship and love and choose to part ways after the trip. Every few years, the two run into each other, catch up, and then continue disagreeing about love and friendship. Over the years, the two develop a strange attraction to one another but choose to ignore the feelings until the scene, Harry Loves Sally. The scene shows Sally at a New Years Eve party, Harry has rushed in, he confesses his love to her, and Sally accepts his love and the scene ends in a New Years Eve kiss (IMBD, 2011).
The director Rob Reiner was in charge of telling the actors what to do and how to do it. Reiner along with the co producer and the writer, Nora Ephron, would title the movie and choose the cast. Nora Ephron wrote the story...
Director Ridley Scott without prior notice showered his cast in real internal organs purchased from a local butcher to create authentic screams from his cast, in the “chest burning” scene in his 1986 production of Alien (Greenberg, 1993). Successful movies are made when the cast and crew can make a movie believable, even if its fiction. What the movie viewer sees on screen is a collaboration of several people, not just the performance of skilled actors. The mise en scene is what the viewer sees on screen, the lighting, the props, the costumes, and placement of everything in between. These decisions are made from the artist involved in production including the director, the production designer, and the art director along with several other crewmembers. The following is an example of the mise en scene- the lighting, the set, and the costumes- and how each aspect influences the two-minute movie clip, Harry Loves Sally, from the movie When Harry Met Sally.
When Harry Met Sally is a romantic comedy written by Nora Ephron, directed by Rob Reiner, and Produced by Andy Scheinman in 1989. The story is carried out over several years starting in 1977 when Harry and Sally meet and drive cross-country together. The two have different views on friendship and love and choose to part ways after the trip. Every few years, the two run into each other, catch up, and then continue disagreeing about love and friendship. Over the years, the two develop a strange attraction to one another but choose to ignore the feelings until the scene, Harry Loves Sally. The scene shows Sally at a New Years Eve party, Harry has rushed in, he confesses his love to her, and Sally accepts his love and the scene ends in a New Years Eve kiss (IMBD, 2011).
The director Rob Reiner was in charge of telling the actors what to do and how to do it. Reiner along with the co producer and the writer, Nora Ephron, would title the movie and choose the cast. Nora Ephron wrote the story...