A Screening Report on Blade Runner
Mise-en-scene as defined by our text book is the directors control over what appears in the film frame, by controlling what appears he actually stages the event for the camera. Blade Runner is an excellent film in which mise-en-scene is used to stage very believable science fiction events. Mise-en-scene is also controlled to draw the view in as a participant. Mise-en-scene is artfully used to discern good from evil, and life from death. Ridley Scotts absolute control of mise-en-scene in Blade Runner is the glue that holds this science fiction thriller together. This film is very believable and captures your imagination from beginning to end. The mixture of natural events (like the rain) and future events (like the wall to wall industrialized Los Angeles) make the film believable. Seeing every
In this film the evil characters, Tyrell, Batty, Leon, Zhora, and Pris have dark black eyes. The test for replicants was an eye test called a Voigt-Kampff test. When looking into the eyes of the replicant it appeared as if they were completely black, with a deep, dark, and long stare. In contrast the good characters had lighter color eyes that blinked and moved around a lot more. It is ironic that Rachael’s dark eyes were not the same as the others; her eyes look more like innocence. This makes her confusion, over who she is, important to the viewer. Life and death seemed to ebb and flow from both Deckard and Batty during their intense fight scenes. Their breath is visible, with frost. As they came closer to losing the fight their shorter and weaker breaths are noticeable. day things in
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