Mise-en-Scène
The name of this film is ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing’. It is directed by Martin McDonagh in 2016.
The background of this film is that a mother who tried to find the murderer of her daughter through the whole film. This scene shows a morning that the mother was sleeping and it was happened during the time period that she has became hopeless about finding the murderer.
1. Setting & Props
It is in the character’s bedroom and the room looks a bit messy. The dressing table was crammed with pots and boxes. Also, there are clothes on the ground.
2. Costume, Hair & Make Up
The character is wearing ordinary pajamas with messy hair.
3. Facial Expressions & Body Language
The woman is sleeping deeply, no much facial expressions and she is completely sank down on the bed
4. Lighting and Colour
The room is dim and there are only few lights coming through the window. The degree of cold tones are more than warm tones, there are not much color in this scene, no bright color.
5. Positioning of characters/objects within the frame
The woman lies in the right third of the shot, which made her in focus in this shot. There are also many other small objects with no regular placement on the desk and floor.
6. What role does the shot choice (Cinematography) play in the scene
Overall, the mise en scene of this scene gives the audience a feelings that the woman has been through many things and she looks really tired. The room looks cold and gives us a sense of depressed feeling. You can feel the hopeless and tiredness of the character.