In my mind, the best examples of mise en scene in film are those in which the arrangement of all the components come together to form the kind of scene you would only expect to see in a beautiful, captivating, or haunting painting.
The still above, taken from David Lean's film adaptation of Boris Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago, is a good example of what I mean. The scene itself depicts the last time we see the character of Lara, who, as General Yevgraf Zhivago explains in his narration, "came to be lost".
The still above, taken from David Lean's film adaptation of Boris Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago, is a good example of what I mean. The scene itself depicts the last time we see the character of Lara, who, as General Yevgraf Zhivago explains in his narration, "came to be lost".
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