Research: Mise En Scene - Costume, Hair and Makeup, Body language and Facial Expressions

Body Language

Body language means the representation, of their action and movement, of themselves. This is a important convention in film because it helps us, the viewers, to understand what the character is like/going to be for example: the character is/could be a crazy person if their body movement is weird.

Facial expression 

Facial expression is when the character shows his/her emotions through their face, an example of this is sadness - when you can see the character's lips is frowning or you can see tears on the character's eyes you can tell that the character is sad. Many actor/actress does to help the audience to understand how the character is feeling.




Costume 

Costume is a clothe, dress, mask, hat, cosplay etc. that the actor/actress is wearing for their character/role in the film. Costumes is used to represent the characters for example: if a girl is wearing a uniform during the week and a normal outfit on weekends then it's obvious that she's a normal teenage student. Another example is if a child is wearing plain white clothe this will make the audience see the child as a innocent person because of what the child is wearing and its colour.



Hair and Makeup

Hair and Makeup can also represent the character of the way they look for example: if the character's hair is neat and 'smart-looking' the audience might think he's smart and innocent or a protagonist. Another example is if the character is wearing a mask that can show that he might be a antagonist who wants to hide his/her identity.




Here's an example of Costume, Hair and Makeup, Body language and Facial Expressions:



The image above shows a young women in, what it seems like, a building. Her body language shows that she's fragile and weak - she has no muscular features and her height is average, this makes the audience see her as a weak and powerless person who looks like she's unable to defend herself.
 She's wearing a white wedding costume and her hair is neat, this can make the audience think that she's a innocent women who just had a wedding.
Her facial expression makes the audience think that she's is lost and confused of the situation she's in or looks like she's about to uncover the truth.