A Knight's Tale - (Mise-On-Scene)

This was a french phrase orginally it means ‘what is put into the scene’.

- Landscape
- Settings
- Costumes
- Body Language
- How objects are used to represent characters.
- How lighting is used to represent character development and changes.


Director: Brian Helgeland
Production Details: 2001 USA
Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy/Romance

" The letter scene"

The red rose - symbolies new love and romance. The clothes they were wearing were shabby and torn, not very much money. This was showing that it was a long time ago. Set in the oldern times.
A sword in the background symbolising fighting but the way it is just placed there by people sitting around talking to each other. Suggests they do not wish to actually hurt any one with it.
He wants to write a letter, he asks his friend. The sound of the pen writing on the paper ( diegetic sounds ).
Paning & Close up shots are used through the scene.
The editing was clever in the way that the scenes between him writing the letter to her reading it.

Armour in the background just layed like that, suggests that it was handcrafted.

Flowers in bloom behind Lady Jocelyn are empathsis of new love and faith.
Statue of religious faith believed to symbolise hope & faith.