Mise-En-Scene analysis

I've been asked to analyze the Mis-En-Scene of an image from Google. For those of you who don't know, Mise-En-Scene is everything in a single camera shot, thats the costumes the characters are wearing, the lighting, the set, props, framing (positioning of items), facial expressions and body language within a single image.

This is the image I have chose to analyze for Mise-En-Scene.

-Lighting: In this image, the girl in the foreground's face is highly lit with light to clearly show her facial expressions so that the audience may easily see what emotions are going through the characters mind, helping the Audience understand the scene. In the background, we see a blurred out image of a figure standing behind her. They too are clearly lit to make them obvious to the people watching. The fact the figure is blurred out makes it seem a sinister scene in that they appear out of focus and mysterious typically linked with danger, the unknown.  Also, notice how only the characters are lit whilst the rest of the set is darkened. This suggests the director wants our attention as the audience to be focused on the characters in the scene rather than anything else.

-Set: Judging by the archways in the background and the double lighting on the walls, we could safely assume this is set in a fairly old house/setting where those details are most commonly associated. To support this, the rug that the mysterious figure is standing on seems to me like a rather old rug with "old style" patterns. We also notice that the rug is lying on a stone flooring, also commonly associated with "older" style houses. However, we do not believe the scene to be set in the time era the house/set is suggesting that this is taking place. The lights themselves are electric and are casting a continuous stream of light and also how the whole set seems very sterile and clean.

-Props: The whole set seems to suggest wealth with the owner. The previously mentioned rug looks from the vague image we receive of it to be of very higher class status, in that it looks very expensive and precious. Also, looking to the right of the characters, we see what could possibly be a piano? This too looks very well kept and again very grand and expensive.

-Costumes: The girl in the foreground of the still is dressed very simply in a patterned shirt. The shirt looks very modern, made from modern materials setting the setting of the scene to be in a more modern time. The shirt also looks rather to big for the girl wearing it by the way the opening is rather large and how the collar is very large in comparison with the girl. This may be a suggestion that what the girl is taking on here is larger than she is. Considering the mysterious, ominous figure standing behind her, I would think this would be a fair assumption. The figure is wearing all black with a Halloween mask to cover their face. This is a typically scary image for a person to take on as they are refusing the person observing them to identify them and so make themselves look and feel scary and forbidding to the audience, so the audience is immediately against this character.

-Framing: The overall effect of the positioning of the characters gives the audience an idea of importance between the two characters. The girl in the foreground is very much in focus to us, taking up much of the screen and standing just right of center, making her the main character in the scene. This also creates a suggestion that the girl is about to have something happen to her. With the figure standing behind her looking typically like they are ready to murder/harm someone, standing in the background, out of sight, mysterious and out of focus this seems a likely prediction for whoever is watching this.

-Facial expressions and body language: If we begin with the girl, her facial features and the expression they're striking gives us the impressions of concern and fear so she is obviously aware of the figure standing behind her. We see this is the partially open mouth, wider eyes and raised eyebrows. Her facial expression is what gives us an idea that something bad is about to happen, with the main character being scared then we too as the audience should also be scared. Her body language, with her arms held close to her sides, standing up straight and with shoulders raised suggests a certain amount of self awareness, that she is aware that she is in the open and may be needed to defend herself so she is trying to make herself look more impressive. This is how we as the audience see that she seems nervous/scared.
For the figure we cannot analyze their facial expression for the mask they're wearing. However, their body language, with hands held together, legs apart and standing taller makes them seem as if they're waiting or are prepared for some form of reaction from the girl. The way their legs are spread makes them seem to have a need to be more steady, suggesting a possible fight about to break out between the two. Their hand being held together, whilst giving the impression that they are waiting, could also suggest they could be conducting a conversation. This gesture is typical for this action. Also, how they are standing taller than the girl suggests they have greater power over her and so wishes to use this advantage and make it obvious.