Watch the opening of television drama ‘Stranger Things’, a science fiction story set in the 1980s when four friends get wrapped up in a dangerous alternate universe.
Create a new blogpost called 'Mise-en-scene Stranger Things analysis'.
Choose THREE aspects of mise-en-scene (e.g. costume, lighting and setting) and write a short paragraph for each about the denotation and connotation and what is communicated to the audience.
Lighting
Denotation: The lights were flickering
Connotation: This could mean that something bad might happen
Analysis: This creates a scary atmosphere for the audience as it makes them get frightened. This also makes the audience want to know more.
Setting
Denotation: The setting was a laboratory for energy.
Connotation: This could mean that the problem happens because of the lab.
Analysis: This makes the audience want to know what is going to happen. This creates an eerie atmosphere for the students. This also links to the lighting as the lights flicker because the setting
(a laboratory for energy) where electricity comes from.
Costume
Denotation: The scientist was wearing a long white lab coat.
Connotation: This could mean that the man was a scientist and worked at a lab.
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