# mise-en-scene

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mise-en-scene/340811>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 20, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mise-en-scene/340811 "2006-01-20T13:10:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ibekarl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@ibekarl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ibekarl)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mise-en-scene/340811/1 "2006-01-20T13:10:40Z")

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How about this for a brilliant and short definition of mise-en-scene:

Mise-en-scene is all the stuff you see in a movie apart from the actor’s (s’) personal shtick(s).

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mise-en-scene/340811/2 "2006-01-20T13:21:30Z")

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Welcome to the boards, **ibekarl**. When you comment on a column by Cecil or a Staff member, it helps to link to that column so everyone can follow along.

It’s as easy as cutting and pasting the URL. [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_372a.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_372a.html)

Or, you can dress it up by using the board software.

[What do artsy film critics mean by “mise-en-scene”?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_372a.html).