Week01-Elements of Mise En Scene/Camera

Session with George

This lesson introduces about the rule of third and the camera lens. My goal was to build a scene and worldview on my own and to tell the story as a director. I needed to come up with three different ideas and do the initial set-up.

To better understand the creation of the story and the construction of the world view, there are some basic introductions.

Understanding mise en scene and compositions help define our stills/shots. To get to that point where you can communicate what you want you first need to establish the world.

• Where is this taking place?

• What era?

• Future, past or present?

• Space? Western? East Asian? Steam punk?

• What governs your world? Laws? Gods/religions?

How do these things effect your story?

point of knowledge is about telling the story with camera shots/angles

Different camera shots have different meanings.

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