Definition: “Mise-en-scène (pronounced meez-ahn-sen) is a French term meaning “putting in the scene,” originally used to describe the physical production of the film. Today, however, mice-en-scene refers to a scene in which the action plays out in front of a continually running camera. New compositions are created through blocking, lens zooms and camera movement instead of cutting. The scene is shot in real time as one uninterrupted take that will stand on its own without the aid of editing.” – from Cinematic Storytellingby Jennifer Van Sijll
Sound and Editing
in the background of the clip you can hear Charles playing out in the snow blissfully unaware of what is about to happen.
there are parts in the scene were the noise is a kind of organized chaos with each person in the scene talking over each other.
mr.Thatchers voice seems to be the most prominate one in the scene and interrupts both parents at many places
Cinematography
the scene does something odd. its obvious that mrs.Kane is the one in a position of power but she is depicted as sitting where her husband the lesser power in the scene is depicted standing over her.
the scene does represent Mary as the more powerful one in the scene due to how close she is to the camera she appears bigger than everyone in the rest of the scene.
the sifting of both the camera and the characters movement through the scene seems to be a way to show how power goes back and forth from each character
the father most of the time is situated in the background being forced to watch what is happening but being unable to do anything about it.
in the beginning the camera follows Mary’s movement through the scene as if its about her.
Narrative and Genre
the narrative of this scene seems to be about Charles having to go away do the the fact that his parents came into some money
it seems like the only one who is not on board with the plan for Charles but is also the only one whose opinion doesn’t matter