Mise en scene 1

• Drama
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

IMYC

Theme: Adaptability

Adaptability is demonstrated by the ability to change, alter or cope with new environments or

circumstances.

Aim

I can adapt to a new situation

I know what mise en scene is and can use it to enhance a short performance

Today

Warm up

Yes and...

One word story

Mise en scene

Scenes out of a hat

Warm up!

One duck

Zip/zap

Mise en scene

Mise en scene

A French term
meaning:  

the arrangement of the scenery 

(props, actors, decor etc.) 

on the stage of a theatrical production. (compositie van alle elementen van een theatervoorstelling) 

We can also find mise-en-scene in a museum. Explain?

Mise en scene - why?

Why is it important to pay attention to the mise-en-scene of your performance?

(give an example with a few 

students and discuss)

Use an interesting background.

Which emotions?

Which colours?

Or unexpected positions?

Wooooords

noun...

verb...

adjective...

adverb...

Wooooords

noun: people, places, things (mum, gym, ball)

verb: actions (walk, cry, sing, throw)

adjective: more about the noun (lovely mum, old gym, soft ball)

adverb: more about the verb (walking fast, crying quietly, singing happily, throwing quickly)

Get 3 pieces of paper from the teacher

Write down one thing on each piece:

Person

Problem

First line of text

Fold the paper and give to the teacher

Choose 3 pieces of paper

15 minutes to think of a story 

Create ypur mise en scene

Then show what you have!

Reflection - write in your notebook

Q:How have you adapted today?

A: I adapted today by....

What 2 new things have you learned and how do they help?

Today I learned... this helps because.....

Today I also learned..... this helps because......

Aim check

I can adapt to a new situation

I know what mise en scene is and can use it to enhance a short performance

That's all folks

Mad libs

sense-

plural

dessert

adverb+ly

sense- feel, hear... 

plural - more than 1 

dessert - cake, ice cream 

adverb+ly - quickly

Mad libs

in pairs

Fill in the words in the gaps

Rehearse your script

Show it to the class...

Improvisation