Mise-en-scène is not the name of a Viennese beach. It is used as a term to describe the things and people that are placed on the stage or in front of the camera, also known as setting the scene. (Wikipedia, 2022)
The four elements of mise-en-scène are the setting of the film which dictates specifically the location where is the scene taking place at, the costumes that depicts the character's current scenario, make-up which defines the character's current state of mind or the situations that are occurring around them, their financial and geographical background, the lighting which illustrates the mood and further emphasize the tone of the scene (example, soft lighting for romantic films or low key lights with high contrast for a horror film), lastly the characters, where the multitude of facial expressions, non verbal cues (body language) and the movements of an actor forms a very important part in mise-en-scène. (Wikipedia, 2022)
Fig. 01 - The camera pans around the protagonist while there are splashes of lights flashing around him.
For the scene selected in Plot Device above, the protagonist is in a midst of an ongoing war in the near future or during an ongoing alien invasion as the mood in the scene looks like a post-apocalyptic setting as the camera pans around the protagonist while there are splashes of warm lights flashing around him which made it look like the world he is in is having a meteor shower bombarding earth with sound effects that are similar to a typical high-tech sci-fi gun commonly portrayed in futuristic movies that is being fired around, where it gives off the impression that the sci-fi gun does not fire any physical ammunition. Instead, it gives the impression that the sci-fi gun fires lights/lasers ammunition and people in white hazmat suit can be seen carrying the said high-tech sci-fi gun that was described, going around the neighborhood seemingly eliminating any living being.
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