Mise en Scene

This still from the film Only God Forgives (May 22, 2013) uses contrast in order to shift the viewer's attention towards our actor in the frame, that being Ryan Gosling.

 

This still from Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (June 2,2023) uses color to guide the viewer's attention by changing the color of the character between their dialogue.

This still shown from the film Inception (July 13.2010) uses size to guide the viewer's attention to how big the room is and all the people passed out.

 

    This still from the film Fight Club (October 15,1999) uses frontality to guide the

viewers attention towards the actor and show his emotions.

This still uses contrast to show the face and each half with it being consumed in light and darkness.

This still uses color in the sky to attract the viewers attention to the vibrant colors shown in the view.

This still is used to show size of the building to attract the viewers attention to the height and width of the hotel building.

This picture uses frontality to guide the viewers attention towards the face of the person in the photo, and the person's features.

    The challenges I've faced mostly stemmed from the lack of frontality, in the photos shot. There were little to no shots directed where the face was facing forward at a glance where the viewer could grasp more attention. The photo I chose has my friend, facing exactly towards the camera, with his face being the main attraction. Another challenge that I had throughout the photo experiment was the lack of color in my photo. While the colors pass off as vibrant in the sky, the background tones down the color with the tall grass and houses nearby, however, the color difference, makes the photo more attractive for viewers. Another photo that I had challenges with was the one of size. While the angle I shot did show the true height and size of the hotel, maybe a different angle could've shown its true magnitude. The balance of the shot also made it extremely difficult. However, the shot makes it look as though the hotel is towering over you, which makes sense due to its enormous size. The quality in the frontality shot also removes the background or makes it quite blurry, so that the focus is on the person alone. The timing of the contrast shot was also very difficult to pull off due to the setting and the placement of the light. It was also a static shot, meaning that no movement took place while taking the still. The direction of the frontality shot was also a challenge because the subject's face was in place, yet he wasn't naturally facing forward.