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mise-en-scene

[mee zahn sen] / mi zɑ̃ ˈsɛn /


mise en scene


mise en scène
NOUN
placement of actors, props, etc. in film or play
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“With her sense of immediacy and mise en scène, she’s created a mode of participation in which you are required to be present, to participate.”

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2021

I was looking for something complex — a woman's story, a thriller, a genre movie — something powerful, with space to direct and work on the mise en scène.

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2021

Dress up as a detective, create a crime scene on your stoop, tape it off with caution tape, and then toss candy out from within your mise en scène.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2020

Abbott and Vicary coached the development team to be “brand ambassadors,” who insure that each element of a production has a distinctive Hallmark feel, down to the decorative mise en scène.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019

We accordingly find that the main incidents and characters of his novels have here their mise en scène.

From Rambles in Dickens' Land by Allbut, Robert