mise en scène
Americannoun
plural
mise en scènes, mise-en-scènes-
the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
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the stage setting or scenery of a play.
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surroundings; environment.
noun
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the arrangement of properties, scenery, etc, in a play
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the objects so arranged; stage setting
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the environment of an event
Etymology
Origin of mise en scène
First recorded in 1830–1835; French: literally, “a placing on stage”
Example Sentences
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I was looking for something complex — a woman's story, a thriller, a genre movie — something powerful, with space to direct and work on the mise en scène.
From Salon • Sep. 17, 2021
Bonus points if you concoct a good rhyme for mise en scène.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2019
When you see that she’s clutching a wrinkly brown paper bag, the mise en scène becomes somehow sadder.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 8, 2018
Dissolution is the atmosphere, the mise en scène, for virtually all his songs.
From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2016
He gradually obtained a rare mastery in the delineation of his unlovely mise en scène.
From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George
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