Mise en scène is a French term that refers to what is put into a scene or frame, it constitutes the visual information in from of the camera: is able to communicate essential information to the audience. As mentioned in the post of week 1, the Mise en scène is made up of various elements which all contribute lead the viewer in the right direction.

Gestures and poses of a character can add on to what we want to communicate: narrative is driven by the character. A Character doesn’t even really have to move to to maybe communicate an emotion or a state of mind. The features of a character are extremely important: from the way a character is designed, we can feel empathy with it, there are certain elements in its structure such as big eyes or mouth that have a strong power of communication making a character appealing too (babies and puppies have big eyes). But we could also have an affiliation with evil characters finding hope in them. The Gestures are how we express ideas or feelings through the body; creating natural gestures makes our characters feel believable. The line of action of a character dictates the intention of the action: most of the time it is necessary to break the rules of physics a little bit to to make it look right and readable.