Daniel's Mise-en-scene!

 One movie that is very stylized would be the Star Wars: A New Hope




This movie was the pioneer of Sci-fi at its time. With the amazing and unique costume designs, to the setting shifting from spaceships to foreign planets, to detailed stages provided backstory and subliminal messaging. 

    Let's start off by discussing the setting. One of the most famous scenes from this movie was the introduction of Darth Vader, which occurred inside a spaceship. The setting is extremely detailed with sci-fi designs like mechanical doors, blinking buttons, and otherworldly designs. It's clear to tell from the picture alone that this scene takes place in a very technologically advanced place/era, and heavily emphasize on liminal space, and simplistic design. Despite all this detail, the setting is very monochromatic, which matches the main color scheme seen throughout the Imperial Legion: black and white.
    Next, another recognizable aspect of this scene is the lighting. The environment is very well lit and has a strong overhead light, mimicking the lighting of most vessels and hallways despite the idea of being on a spaceship. The lighting leaves little to no shadows, as to leave no mystery and to heavily emphasize on story and action as it is seen within the scene. The lighting becomes darker the farther away it is from the center almost like the lighting is directing viewers what to look at in the Mise-en-scene to emphasize importance, and balance out colors in the scene.
    Continuing, another important feature of this the Mise-en-scene is costume design. In this specific scene, all the characters in the Imperial army (The bad guys) are monochromatic, with the storm troopers dressing in white and Darth Vader in black. In contrast, the rebellion (the good guys) has more natural colors, like brown. The costume of the stormtroopers are purposely white with the idea of making them look like skeletons, and Darth Vader's clothes are all black and mysterious looking to give viewers the idea that he is the main antagonist of the movie.
    Another important aspect of the Mise-en-scene is the staging. The staging in this scene in particular shows the one defeated rebel soldier being surrounded by the Imperial soldiers. Darth Vader is seen effortlessly choking the rebel soldier to symbolize that Darth Vader has the power to easily destroy the rebellion with his own hands, and at this point the rebellion has been losing. The staging in this scene conveys the idea that the rebellion have been losing up till this point, which makes sense since this takes place in the beginning of the movie called "A New Hope".
All these features are what make up the Mise-en-scene, and are essential to the success of the movie. The setting, lighting, costumes, and staging is what made Star Wars so unique and impressive to all its viewers. 

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