Everything placed within the frame, including set decoration, costume, and styles of performance (implies an emphasis on psychological and visual unity in a film from one frame to the next).
The arrangement of the so-called theatrical elements before they are actually filmed; these include sets, lighting, costumes, and props. [and actors
The arrangement of volumes and movements within a given space. In the cinema, the space is defined by the frame; in the legitimate theater, usually by the proscenium arch. from Andrew Sarris: As I wrote some years ago, I would suggest a definition of mise-en-scène that includes all the means available to a director to express his attitude toward his subject. This takes in cutting, camera movement, pacing, the direction of players and their placement in the decor, the angle and distance of the camera, and even the content of the shot. Mise-en-scène as an attitude tends to accept the cinema as it is and enjoy it for what it is -- a sensuous conglomeration of all the other arts.
This is a French term which means both "everything in your film," and "I know more obscure film terms than you do." For example, if a fellow student says of your film, "I liked the mise-en-scene," she is giving you a compliment, and also trying to show that she knows more film terms than you do. Thank her. If she says, "I didn't care for the mise-en-scene," she is putting you down, and also showing that she knows more film terms than you do. Kick her in the shin.
All of the elements placed in front of the camera to be photographed: the settings and props, lighting, costumes and make-up, and figure behavior.
A term used in the theater to refer to the staging of a scene, in relation to the setting, the arrangement of the actors, the lighting, etc. In film, the term is used to describe the arrangement of elements within the frame of a single shot.
All the things that are "put in the scene": the setting, the decor, the lighting, the costumes, the performance etc. Narrative films often manipulate the elements of mise-en-scene, such as decor, costume, and acting to intensify or undermine the ostensible significance of a particular scene.
Literally translated as "what's put into the scene", this is the sum total of all factors affecting the artistic "look" or "feel" of a shot or scene. These can include shot selection, shot composition, production design and set decoration, as well as technical camera properties such as shutter speed, aperture, frame rate, and depth of field. Mise-en-scene is often contrasted with montage, where the artistic "look" of a scene is constructed through visual editing.