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MISE EN SCENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mise en scene mean?
• MISE EN SCENE (noun)
The noun MISE EN SCENE has 1 sense:
1. arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
Familiarity information: MISE EN SCENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
mise en scene; setting; stage setting
Hypernyms ("mise en scene" is a kind of...):
stage (a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience)
Meronyms (parts of "mise en scene"):
flat (scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting)
prop; property (any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie)
set; stage set (representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production)
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