Mise en Scene Assignment

I think that mise-en-scene is fascinating in my favorite movie, Little Women. The most creative and unique part of mise-en-scene is surprisingly the lighting. This is something I had never even considered in other movies, but stood out to me in Little Women. Based on the main characters, the four sisters, they each had their own, "color". This meant that this color was the one they primarily dressed in, which impacts their costumes. However, the producers even used a different shade color for filming based on the characters. Meg's was green, Beth's was brownish pink, Amy's was light blue, and Jo's was red and yellow. This provides depth to the movie in a way I had never seen before. These, "colors", affected costumes, lighting, and actors. Some might even say it affected decor and props. The impact these, "colors" had on the film is indescribable but it helps us understand the tone, mood, and characters much better. The producers also used decor, props, and costumes to show the time period in which this movie was set. They include parasols as props to show the style of dressing and time period. They used old paintings and furniture as decor to show the 1800's decorating style. They used clothes such as long layered dresses for the women as costume's that showed the 1800's dressing style and what was considered proper.