semiology

Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene is the arangment of props, scenery etc in a set of a theatrical production or film set.

Mise-en-scene is everything that you can see on screen, the setting, the light, the colour scheme etc.

Mise-en-scene is a french word has the litteral translation of 'putting on stage'.

Common Conventions

Props

• gun
• taser
• handcuffs
• breif case

Costume

• police uniform 
• balaclava 
• white overals
• white lab coat
• suits and smart formal wear

Casting

• for a detective probably a middle aged middle class man

Settings

• a city
• police staionms
• police cells
• hospitals
• morges
• maybe the countryside

lighting

• blue and green lighting for a mourge
• dark for cells
• bright for a citty