MISE EN SCENE

 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 

• MISE EN SCENE (noun)

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; stage setting; 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)