MISE - EN - SCENE

"Mise-en-scene is an expression used to describe the design aspects of a theatre or film production, which essentially means 'visual theme' or 'telling a story' - both in visually artful ways through storyboarding, cinematography, and stage design, and in poetically artful ways through direction. Mise-en-scene has been called film criticism's 'grand undefined term'. 
When applied to the cinema, mise-en-scene refers to everything that appears before the camera and it's arrangement - composition, sets, props, actors, costumes, sounds and lighting. the mis-en-scene, along with the cinematography and editing of a film, influence the verisimilitude of a film in the eyes of it's viewers." 



-2 characters, 1 male, 1 female,
-table, covered by table cloth,
-flowers and almost empty bottle of wine, jewellery,
-1 extra chair,
-step ladder,
-curtains drawn,
-woman wearing an apron,
-home setting,
-both look fed up or angry.

-woman in foreground, breaking the fourth wall,
-small boy in the background,
-older woman sat down in another room in the background,
-2 lamps look like the only lighting,
-woman in the foreground looks sad, scared and/or worried,

-woman looking painfully at the bed,
-bed is not made,
-large lamp on table beside the bed,
-a framed picture of a woman, and a framed picture of a man,
-old clock in the background near window,
-old telephone on the table with the pictures and lamp,
-woman's arms are folded and she looks as if she is grieving someone or something,
-possibly her husband had an affair, or passed away, or left her,

-young woman lay in bed but sat up slightly,
-young man sat beside bed looking at the woman,
-both smoking,
-ashtray placed on the bed near the woman,
-woman is only covered by duvet,
-table in the background with various items on,
-possibly a young couple going through a hard time