Mise-en-Scene and Semiotics

Mise-en-Scene: is the arrangement of scenery and props within the camera shot.
There are different elements of Mise-en-Scene:

costume

lighting

actors

movement

props

setting

Semiotics

Semiotics is the study of signs. It helps us to understand how humans 'read' or make meaning of the images, pictures and visual signs that they see.

All communication is possible through signs - whether it is grunts, gestures, sounds, or drawing symbols.

what is denoted and what is connoted:

denoted is what it is, what we can see that is fact.

connoted is the interpretations we make when seeing something, how we see it and the impressions that we get from it.