Mise-en-scène
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Mise-en-scène is the stage design and arrangement of actors in scenes for a theatre or film production, both in the visual arts through storyboarding, visual themes, and cinematography and in narrativ
The distinctive mise-en-scène of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany, 1920) features jagged architecture.
Mise en scène by Constant Puyo
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. The quintessential work of early German Expressionist cinema, it t
Mise-en-scène
…and the ultimate way that this influences how the scene comes together for the audience. Definition in film studies The distinctive mise-en-scène of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany, 1920) features jagged architecture. When applied to the cinema, mise-en-scène refers to everything that appears before the camera—the sets…
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Werner Krauss as Caligari, 1920
The designers of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari chose a fantastic, graphic visual style instead of a naturalistic one; this included twisted city scenes that were painted directly onto canvases.
Werner Krauss, who portrayed Caligari, suggested changes to his own make-up and costumes so they would match the film's Expressionist style.