Thursday, September 11, 2025

Blog 3

"Mise en scène"


Contrast:

Still image from Poor Things (2023)




Front:

Still image from Amélie (2001)




Size:

Still image from MirrorMask (2005)





Color:
Still Image from The Fall (2006)





Contrast:
Example of contrast, I used a dark background and a lamp to create contrast between shadows and light.





Front:
Front example, I used a simple background and centered the subject in the middle of the frame.






Size:

Example of size, use a simple background and two figures of different sizes next to each other to create contrast.






Color:


Color example, use a simple background and place a bright red object so the frame focuses on it.



Reflection:

Creating these photographs made me realize how difficult it can be to balance many elements from mise en scène in a single frame. Composing and balancing these elements intentionally is not easy at all, for example, one of the most difficult challenges I faced was identifying the difference between color and contrast -and I still don't fully understand it- when I was taking the pictures for color and contrast I din't really know what to do at first,  the conceps were a quite difficult for me to understand. I was thinking that for contrast it was a good idea to have an object of a bright color with a simple background but I thought that would fall into the color category so I opted to do the contrast I already knew, lights and shadows. The original idea I had for contrast I implemented for color, but I had a problem with the configuration of the phone that made the photos very bright and I got the impression that the background (with a circle of light) attracted more attention than the object, so I chose to create a set with not very flashy colors -yellow and blue- and include a more striking colored object -a red rose-,  In this way the object stood out more and the image stood out for its colors. Another challenge was in Size because all the large objects I had were out of the frame and were very similar in size to my small objects, as I was attempting to create a contrast between both objects I looked for a medium size and a very small one and I got closer to both objects (cinematography) to give the impression of a more noticeable difference in size. Last but not least, Front. For this one I used a stuffed animal as a subject in the hot spot, ignoring the rule of thirds and putting it in a position facing directly towards the camera. and breaking the fourth wall. 








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