mise en scène

Example Sentences

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Dress up as a detective, create a crime scene on your stoop, tape it off with caution tape, and then toss candy out from within your mise en scène.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2020

Abbott and Vicary coached the development team to be “brand ambassadors,” who insure that each element of a production has a distinctive Hallmark feel, down to the decorative mise en scène.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019

But watch out for the gliding staircases that will soon become a crucial part of the mise en scène.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2018

The signature of an auteur is more like a faint palimpsest visible underneath a film’s action, editing, mise en scène, etc., as opposed to a bold, conspicuous graffiti tag.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2017

Thanks to these sermons, dialogues, and the general mise en scène, the autocracy of Dowie was beyond question.

From Modern Saints and Seers by Marrett, Evan