Mise-En-Scene of Se7n

Mis-En-Scene
Mis-en-scene means everything in the scene/frame of a film.
For our mise-en-scene peice we looked at the open credits of the film "se7en" staring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey.
Costumes:Freeman's character likes to dress smart which shows that he is a bit of a perfectionist also that he keeps it classic detective with a hat and a mackintosh. All of Freemans police items where hidden away n his pockets.
in contrast to this Pitt is a more laid back character this is shown by the way he dresses, with his creased shirt and no coat on in the rain.
We also see that the colours the people are wearing in the sreet are dark colours which might foreshadow that something bad might happen during the film and it sets the atmosphere fpr the audience to be dark, dull and gloomy.
Lighting/Location: The lighting in the begining is dark which shows you the type of area the film is set in, like the back streets of New York where the crimes all happen this automatically sets a feeling of danger.
When you see Freemans character going to sleep he leaves the light on this could tell us that he has seen a lot of bad thing in the world from his work and that he likes to kept the light on so the darkness doesn't get to him. The rain also adds to the gloom of the scene and that it represents that something bad has happened or will be happening. He also had a metronone which gives us the imression that he does not like silence.
Props: Freeman likes to keep all his police equipment safely hidden as if he does not want people too know hat he is in the polic force. Where as Pitt has his on show, this tells us that Freeman is a professional and Pitt is a bit of a rookie and like people to know that he is carrying a gun and is in charge.
Colour: the colours are drak with the childs picture on h fridg being in colour and the blood on he blind, you only see the killer in black, white and red which could mean your a good person or a bad person.
When you look at the colours in Freemans house you see that they are functional colours like white and beige this means he is smple an plain and also there is hardly any clutter.

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