Mise-en-Scene Demonstration

In order to demonstrate how mise-en-scene is used to make meaning to an audience, I have analysed it in a screenshot of the movie 'Wild Child' which I also did a textual analysis on.



Lighting: The lighting is perfectly hitting Poppy’s face, making her appear to be ‘glowing’ just as if it was a models photo shoot. This emphasises her glamour in contrast to Charlotte to seems to be in Poppy’s shadow – literally.

Costume: Poppy’s costume is very fashionable and she gives off the image of a ‘cool school girl’ with her tie short and tucked out of her jacket and her patterned skirt with the big belt. In contrast to Poppy charlotte is in a normal school uniform which looks ‘plain’ and ‘boring’. This, again, emphasises Poppy’s materialistic and ‘wanting to stand out’ character as well as the fact she doesn’t want to wear the normal school


Props: The main prop used here is Poppys belt, as it creates a fashion statement because of how big and bold it is. It is used to show Poppy’s daring character and reveal how important her image is to her.

Performance: The performance in this shows the two girls personalities and attitudes, as well as their relationship towards each other. Poppy is looking at Charlotte in her ‘modified’ school uniform as if to say  she will stand out and look the best she can be, and no one can tell her what to do as she has the guts to do her own thing and she is proud of it. Meanwhile, Charlotte is looking at poppy as if to say ‘seriously?’, the little smirk of her lip going slightly up suggests she might find it funny, however the look in her eyes shows that she thinks it is ridiculous but isn’t annoyed. This also shows the relationship between the two, Poppy is trying to do anything to rebel, but they appear to be somewhat friends as Charlotte doesn’t seem bothered , she just looks as if she thinks Poppy is another typical American and isn’t taking the matter too seriously.

Camera Angles: The shot used here is called a ‘two shot’, it fits both characters in and shows not only what they look like, but also the relationship between eachother. (as I analysed in the ‘Performance’ section.

Setting: As you can see, the setting is a school that appears to be boring and dull, with the beige walls and the normal uniform with the dull look on the students faces.