ANALYSE THE FUNCTION OF THE MISE EN SCENE AND CINEMATOGRAPHY IN THE OPENING 5 MINUTES OF
James Sotheran ANALYSE THE FUNCTION OF THE MISE EN SCENE AND CINEMATOGRAPHY IN THE OPENING 5 MINUTES OF “GLORIA”. The first five minutes of this film, apart from the credit sequences, deal with a woman’s journey home from a bus to her flat. In these sequences the use of mise en scene combine with the cinematography techniques to convey an overall feeling of entrapment. ... The function of this is to emphasise how active the city is, night and day. ... The mise en scene continues to give the impression of entrapment. ... The cinematography technique used for the next shot makes her appear at her most vulnerable yet, filmed from above, trapped alone in this small metal box.