Mise En Scene In Titanic Film

Mise En Scene In big FilmThis research explores about the mise-en-scene of the moving-picture show Titanic and its impact to the accept industry. This chapter discusses the mise-en-scene that is applied in this scene, and overly we ordain discuss about how the impact to the fool away industry after released the pictorial matter Titanic.Titanic is an Ameri lav disaster and romance celluloid that released at the course of study 1997. This movie was directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by mob Cameron. Titanic was an grand critical and commercial success after screened to au pass bynces worldwide. The amount gross avenue of the Titanic is $1,843,201,268. This movie maintains the file of the top of loge righteousness in the world until the release of James Camerons movie Avatar.Mise-en-scene is a French word that means what to put into the scene. This is the design prospects of movie theatre production, means visual theme or sexual intercourse a story. There br ing five elements under the mise-en-scene which is setting, space, lighting acting style and also costume. This several(prenominal) elements of mise-en-scene get out be use in further stage of this research.1.1 Research BackgroundThe movie Titanic is a fictional romance story that is found on a real historical event, telling story between two young lovers gob (Leonardo DiCaprio) and rise (Kate Winslet) from different social classes who meet at the ships maiden voyage. Their love story end up with the sinking of the RMS Titanic.The bud hail for this film reached about $200 million, making the record of the virtually expensive movie ever made at the time. Before its release, the film was widely ridiculed for its expense and protracted production schedule.Titanic was released on December 19, 1997 with 194 minutes running time. This movie grossed less in its first weekend ($28.6 million) than in its second, ($35.4 million), an increase of 23.8%. This is beaten a record for a widely released film at the time. It held the No. 1 spot on the box-office charts for months, eventually grossing a total of over $600 million in the United States and Canada and more than $1.8 billion worldwide. Titanic became the highest-grossing film in the world, until James Camerons 2009 film Avatar.Despite criticism during production of the film, the Titanic was received a record-tying 14 Oscar nominations at the 1998 Academy Awards. It won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, Editing, Sound, Special Effects, medication and Score, and the Best Director award.The movie Titanic is ground on the real historical event, so audience would have higher expectations toward the movie. Audiences have the foreknowledge that based on the real historical event, not much audience would wonder that the ship will sink or not in the movie. So, the mise-en-scene is an important scene in order to make the movie interesting.Other than the mise-en-scene, the class system has obviously shown through and through this movie. Although the passengers have taking the same ship, further there were have different treats towards different class passengers.1.2 Summary of the TitanicTitanic tells the romantic and sad story. The story started by the treasure hunter Brock Lovett and his team explores the wreck of the RMS HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_TitanicTitanic in 1996 they are searching for a necklace called the Heart of the naval. Instead of the diamond, they find a nude womanhoods sketch, dated April 14, 1912, the night the Titanic sinking. The old woman travel Dawson Calvert contacts Lovett, and tells him that she is the woman is the sketch. When asked if she knows the whereabouts of the necklace, Rose recalls her memories aboard the Titanic.In 1912, the upper class lady Rose and her baffle board the ship in Southampton, England with her fianc Caledon Cal Hockley, the son of a Pittsburgh steel tycoon. Cal and Roses mother stress the importance of Roses engagement, bec ause the marriage will solve the financial problems of Roses family. Rose is unhappy by her engagement to Cal and the pressure her mother is putting on her, Rose considers suicide by jumping into the sea. Before she leaps, a drifter and artist severalized Jack Dawson intervenes and persuades her not to jump. Jack and Rose develop a tentative friendship.Rose not considering with instruct of her mom and Cal to meet with Jack. The ship is collision with an iceberg, the Titanic will be sinking soon. Cal persuade Rose to a board of a lifevoat, after she boards, Rose realizing that she cannot leave Jack, Rose reunites with him back on the Titanic. As Jack and Rose return to the top deck, people everywhere are falling to their deaths and the lifeboats have all departed. The two take refuge on the stern as the ship sinks bow first until they are washed overboard. The sea body of water is cold. Jack helps Rose onto a nearby wall panel that will only support one persons weight. Jack assure s Rose that she will not die there.When a rescue boat returns to the site of the sinking, Rose blows a whistle taken from a nearby dead officer, and is taken by the RMS HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_CarpathiaCarpathia to New York, where she gives her name as Rose Dawson. Hidden, she avoids Cal for the last time on Carpathias deck as he searches for her.Her story complete, Rose goes alone to the stern of Lovetts ship. There she produces the Heart of the Ocean and drops it into the ocean. Later, while seemingly asleep in her bed, the photos of her days surround her, a visual chronicle that she lived the life she wanted with Jack. The young Rose then reunites with Jack at the Grand Staircase of the Titanic, cheered and congratulated by those who perished on the ship.1.3 Research ProblemsThe movie Titanic has successfully to bringing audiences to the movie theater and hit the top of the box office over ten years with a worldwide gross of over $1.8 billion, and remained so f or twelve years until Camerons next directorial effort Avatar, surpassed it in 2010. Titanic was an enormous critical and commercial success. It was nominated for fourteen Academy Awards, eventually winning eleven, including the Best Picture and Best Director.Some of the internet users were created the trailer of Titanic II and upload in the Youtube.com. It makes people feel that the Titanic II will be release soon. But actually the trailer is the combination of different movie scene that is acted by Leonardo DiCaprio. From here, we can notice that the passion of audiences toward this movie.In an interview on March 2010 with USA Today, the director James Cameron stated, Im guessing sextet months to a year to do it right. Were targeting spring of 2012 for the release (of a 3-D version of Titanic), which is the 100th anniversary of the sailing of the ship.Nowadays, or so of the film director is producing the movie with their own style. Mise-en-scene is an important aspect in order to bring out and enhance the quality of the film. Obviously, Titanic have the power to maintain the top of the box office over ten years, the mise-en-scene on this movie is one of the reason to make this good result.As mentioned above, the Titanic will coming back to the cinema with the 3-D version, the storyline is the same. The same movie will be release in the cinema after 15 years. It is the main reason that inspired me to do research about the mise-en-scene and impacts of this movie.1.4 Research ObjectivesTo investigate the five mise-en-scene elements those are seen in the movie Titanic.The main goal of this research is to discuss the five mise-en-scene elements that are seen in this movie.To study the ideological elements portrayed in the movie Titanic.Second, this research is going to discuss the ideological elements that are portrayed in this movie.To discover which aspect of mise-en-scene which is most preferable by the viewers in the movie Titanic.Third, since this resear ch has discussed the five mise-en-scene elements that are seen in the Titanic. So, this research also going to find out the most preferred out of five mise-en-scene elements in this movie.Research QuestionsHow were the five elements of mise-en-scene applied into the movie Titanic?What are the ideological elements portray in the movie Titanic?What is the most preferred mise-en-scene element by the viewers in the movie Titanic?1.6 Research SignificanceThe significance of this research towards the mise-en-scene and its impact on film industry and society of the movie Titanic will help create a better understanding on the mise-en-scene that is seen in this movie. So, it can help to get more deeply knowledge of mise-en-scene through the discussion. This can help the further researcher to get better understanding on mise-en-scene.Besides that, this research can helps to create a better understanding on ideological elements in Titanic. We can find out those ideological elements that were p ortrayed in this movie. So, I forecast can get more knowledge about the class system in western last time.Furthermore, this research also helps to expose which is the most preferred mise-en-scene elements when viewers watching the Titanic. Because this also one of the reason that make the Titanic become successful.1.7 Research ScopeThis research will be done through focus group and heart and soul analysis. The target group is Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC) student from age 18 to 25. The question will be designed base on the Titanic, and it will be posing to 5 students from Mass discourse Division under School of Social Science and Humanities (SSSH).This study selected the sample from TARC Mass Communication student in SSSH that have watched the movie Titanic since they are more major in media subject so that they can give more lucubrate answer toward the question.For the content analysis, it will conduct the analysis through the blockbuster movie Titanic that released at the year 1997. The five elements of mise-en-scene and the ideological applied will be analyzed through this film.Mise-en-scene is a French word that means what to put into the scene. This is the design aspects of film production, means visual theme or telling a story. There have five elements under the mise-en-scene which is setting, space, lighting, acting style and also costume. So, through the Titanic, researcher can find out these five mise-en-scene aspect in the film, so that the content analysis can be conduct smoothly.According to John Hess (2005), Ideology is a systematic body of ideas, attitudes, values, and perceptions such same(p) the actual modes of thinking typical of a given class or group of people in a specific time and place. So, ideology in the film refers to what the ideas that the filmmakers want to portray in the particular film. The content of the film Titanic is a suitable medium in order to conduct content analysis towards ideology in the film.1.8 SummaryAs a su mmary, the mise-en-scene is important to every movie production. Mise-en-scene can be applied in every movie, but the suitable mise-en-scene is the key to make the movie either failed or successful. After the movie released, the most important is the audiences feedback and the impact of the film. Film scholar need to be more understanding towards the mise-en-scene in order to do the movie production in the future.Therefore, this research focuses on the mise-en-scene and the ideological elements that have been applied in the film Titanic and how its work and success when the production and after movie released.