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A 3 page research paper that discusses the use of mis-en-scene elements in a few selected scenes from the film noir classic, “Mildred Pierce.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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means literally "black cinema," is a term given to films produced in the 1940s and 50s, which "present characters with disreputable motives who live in a world of fear and
violence" ("Mildred Pierce"). The signature mis-en-scene feature that defines the tone of film noir is its "dark, shadowy lighting," and this abundantly used throughout this film. The lighting is both
"dramatic and full of shadows...(as) Rain, dimly lighted rooms, and lonely dark houses dominate" the mood of the film and help in preparing the audience for the dysfunctional and bitter
relationships that the viewer knows from the first scene will culminate in murder. The following scene analysis occurs as part of an extended flashback, after the opening scenes, while Mildred
is at the police station. In considering the extreme importance that lightning plays in the film, it should be noted that when a sun-filled scene does occur in the
film, offering the audience a brief respite from the bleak and foreboding mood that dominates the narrative, it is inevitably juxtaposed against a scene that is even bleaker than those
that preceded it. For instance, consider the scene in which Mildred is persuaded by playboy investor Monte--who has purchased at third-share in her restaurant--to come to his beach house for
an afternoon off and a swim. At the beach house, the first camera shot has Monte showing a closet full of bathing suits (Dirks). Mildred does not have a
suit with her and she is selecting one to wear for their afternoon together. The suits of different colors, different styles and obviously different sizes. This mis-en-scene element immediately shows
Mildred, and the audience, that Monte has had many women come by his beach house. There is considerable sexual tension in the scene, as the camera suggests that Mildred flirts,
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