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MISE-EN-SCENE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scenic Design
  • Performing Arts (General)
DEF

The ... art of placing actors, scenery and properties in a film [or a play or other stage performance].

OBS

A complex term generally used in reference to the staging of a play in considering as a whole the settings, the movements of the actors in relation to the settings, lighting, and so forth. Many film theorists, including Bazin and Panofsky, consider mise-en-scène the true source of film.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Scénographie
  • Arts du spectacle (Généralités)
DEF

Réalisation scénique ou cinématographique d'une œuvre lyrique ou dramatique, d'un scénario [...]

Spanish

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