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mise en scène en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmizɑ̃ˈsɛn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• mizäɴsĕn′ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French mise en scène (literally “placing on stage”).

Meanings

1. A physical environment; surroundings.
   • The smoking-room proper, with its mise en scène of Turkish divans, narghilehs, brass coffee-trays, and other Oriental properties, is no longer considered a necessity in the modern house; […] 1897, Edith Wharton, Ogden Codman Jr., “The Library, Smoking-room, and “Den””, in The Decoration of Houses, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 151:
   • Keeping the bird low in my field of view emphasized its early post-liftoff flight path and allowed the lake and its far bank to add layers of color to the mise-en-scène. 2021, Peter Cavanagh, “9. Cranes”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 218:
2. The arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film.
   • This is also the point at which mise en scène no longer simply describes the passage of a text to the stage, but rather encompasses the autonomous organisation of the theatre work, the 'synthetic' vision of theatre and of mise en scène which is the subject of an accomplished study by Guido Hiss. 2013, Patrice Pavis, translated by Joel Anderson, Contemporary Mise en Scène, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), pages 9–10:
   • Although this mise en scène may sound like a contrived “Twilight Zone” setup, it provides Mr. Powers with the perfect opportunity to show off his virtuosic skills as a writer[…] 1995 June 27, Michiko Kakutani, “Playing Pygmalion to a Hermeneutic Computer”, in New York Times:
   • Dupont interrupts the continuity of the master narrative of lighthouse-keeping and marital and extramarital love with visually arresting mise-en-scènes and mise-en-shots. 2010, Paul Matthew St, E. A. Dupont and His Contribution to British Film, Pierre: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, page 173:
   • For reasons explained in the previous volume, noticeably absent are mises en scène representing productions at the Théâtre-Italien. 1998: H. Robert Cohen, Original Staging Manuals for Ten Parisian Operatic Premières, 1824–1843, page xiii (Pendragon Press; →ISBN, 0945193610)

Forms

Relateds

mise en cadre · mise en shot

Translations (26)

pt encenação (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · fi ympäristö (physical environment; surroundings) · da iscenesættelse (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · it messinscena (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · fr mise en scène (physical environment; surroundings) · pt mise-en-scène (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · de Mise-en-scène (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · fr mise en scène (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · pl mise en scène (physical environment; surroundings) · cmn 調度 /调度 (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · bg мизансце́н (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · tr düzentileme (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · ja ミザンセーヌ (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · fa میزانسن (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · el σκηνοθεσία (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · fi näyttämöllepano (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · ru мизансце́на (physical environment; surroundings) · es puesta en escena (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · ka მიზანსცენა (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · de Regie (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · cs insenace (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · ru инсцениро́вка (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · pl mise en scène (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · tr mizansen (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · ru мизансце́на (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) · ko 미장센 (arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film)