Fight club

One important aspect of mise-en-scene in the excerpt studied was colour/lighting. Throughout the scenes featuring the underworld, the colour is very dark, using a lot of shadows and dim lighting. This showed that Tyler was in control during these scenes, as he is the ‘dark side’ of Jack’s personality. It also highlights the way of life in the underworld, where people and what they do are usually hidden, not brought out into the light. These scenes are contrasted with the scenes of Jack at work in his boss’s office, which are extremely brig

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Another important camera shot in this scene is the freeze-frame which, combined with the voice-over which comes in at this point, develops Jack’s character. A blue filter is also used in the underworld scenes, bringing out the yellow in them. Before the studied excerpt and until halfway through it, their uniform is going topless and shoeless.

Camera shots in this excerpt, especially those used in the office scene, help to develop character. ht and help to emphasise the fact that this is the ‘real’ world. The voice-over states that “For some reason, [Jack] thought of [his] first fight with Tyler”. This excerpt has a number of examples of this. In the office scene, close-ups and over-the-shoulder shots are effectively used to show both distance between Jack and his boss, and the relationship between them. This use of colour is most obvious in the scene in which Tyler is threatening the dairy owner, when Tyler is also wearing a yellow shirt, while Jack is costumed in blue.

Another aspect of mise-en-scene which helped character development was composition of the camera shots, particularly in the scene with Tyler threatening the convenience store worker. Cadillac and Good Year tyre signs are also visible in the homework scenes, while, in the Project Mayhem scenes, Gucci and Apple software icons appear in the back of the shots. {Comment on effect of this missing]

Lighting is also important for the portrayal of the character development of Jack and Tyler. The shots change back to over-the-shoulder shots after this to better show the emotion on Jack’s face and the reaction his boss is having to the threats.

Fight Club also uses costume to highlight the group mentality theme.

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