mise en scene stranger things analysis

 costume: the character at the start is wearing a lab coat, casual clothing.

lighting: lighting is dark and gloomy with lights flickering

setting: a science lab, elevator, basement , house, forest

props: bike, board game

actor placement/movement/expression: scared, nervous, excited

lighting denotation:

 the series has flickering lights, dull lighting, set a night in  the dark

lighting connotation:

in the introduction flickering lights create a atmosphere of mystery and suspense as well as that dark and gloomy lights show us that the series is scary and as its based at night it shows us that the series is dark.

actors expressions denotation;

scared, excited ,fearful ,angry ,sad, frustrated, upset, anxious , excited , happy 

actors expressions connotation:

the actors facial expressions shows us that when they where playing the board game there expressions were happy and excited but the tables turned very quickly as they where riding there bike in the dark when the boys friend left him his facial expressions began to change and he looked scared and anxious as he entered his house he was frustrated that nobody was picking up the phone. the facial expressions show us how quickly the movie can take a turn and by showing us they where happy at the start but fearful at the end of the clip.

setting denotation:

forest , trees , basement , science lab , elevator , house

setting connotation:

the use of the forest shows us that people get lost normally in forests and trees show us that people might find it  hared to find there way back as a lot of trees will look the same and they will get lost, the use of the basement shows us that something bad normally happens when things happen in a basement and the elevator shows us that people get stuck so maybe in this series the boys will be put in a position where they get stuck.