Research: Mise en scene: Setting and Iconography - Ms. Begum

Mise en scene

Setting & Iconography

Setting:

Setting is the location that's being used to make highlight the themes and narrative of a film. it is important because it sums up the conventions features within the genre the film belongs to. For instance, in a thriller, a common setting would be in a haunted house, abandoned hospital and cemetery. This immediately creates meaning toward the audience, also make it easier for them to connote through the use of setting. If a haunted house is shown, the audience would understand that this is a thriller movie.

Iconography:

Iconography is basically the significant objects used within a scene. This is important because it creates different meanings toward the audience and also conventional to the genre the film belongs to. For example, if a wedding ring is being shown, the audience would immediately connote that the movie belongs to a romance or comedy thriller. Whereas, if a knife and blood is being shown, the audience would connote that this belongs to a thriller, horror or action genre as it symbolises death, crime, murder etc.

Setting sub-genre:

Setting is dependant on different sub genres to make a movie more interesting and to also have more than one based genre so that it engages the audience to build more tension and suspense.

Action / Thriller: the setting would be in the street, club, underground, air base, warehouse etc.

 

Crime / Thriller: the setting would be in the streets, home, rivers, banks, stores, basements, hospitals, neighbourhood etc..

Psychological / Thriller: the setting would be in a hospital, prison, church, house, neighbourhood etc..

Iconography sub-genre

Action / Thriller: the iconography would be weapons, blood, protection etc.

Crime / Thriller: the iconography would be weapons, drugs, money, blood etc.

Psychological / Thriller: the iconography would be weapons, blood etc.

Conclusion:

From the information above, i now have a deeper understanding of setting and iconography and how they can connote and denote different messages to the audience. The type of setting i am planning to use are streets, home, cemetery and the type of iconography i am planning to use are blood and lethal weapons.