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Mise-en-scene

 The movie I decided to use to show mise-en-scene was the 1997 film, “Titanic.” The RMS Titanic was originally built in 1909 and began its voyage on April 10 th , 1912. Now because this took place such long ago, there will be many things we see in the film that we may not see as much in today’s society. Mise-en-scene focuses on 4 main elements, lighting, costumes, setting and staging. To start off, Titanic starts off by showing an old, vintage video of the actual titanic I presume, showing people on the dock waving good by to their friends and family who are on the ship. Cameras back then didn’t have the capabilities to produce colors as cameras today do. The scene of the ship tells us that this is where the movie will be taking place. The whole movie takes place on the ship, even when they cut from the past to the present, they are still on a ship. Moving forward, as the scene switches, we see some type of submarine going down into the ocean and soon touches the ocean floor. The...