Mise-en-scene:Jaws

Mise-en-scene

 

Mise-en-scene is everything that you can see in the frame such as: lighting, costume and composition. For example, in the first scene of jaws, in the frame you can see the teenagers sitting on the beach in a circle at night with the fire in the middle being the only light source. In the background, you see the sea and this is significant to the film as this is where the killing takes place.You can see a couple sat away from the group which suggests that they are isolated and when they move further down the beach closer to the sea, further away from their friends, they isolate themselves more. Before they move further towards the sea, you can hear music, conversation and laughter however, when they move away, the music, conversation and laughter is non existent and the waves, running and their own conversation is the only present sound. As they run down the beach, they run alongside a fence; this gives an impression that they are trapping themselves in a dangerous position by them going to the sea which is where the audience knows something bad is going to happen.