Monster in Law

MISE EN SCENE- CLPPS

The costume that they use in the movie called Monster in Law are just casual clothes, to show us that they are not people who are struggling with their lives but pretty comfortable with it. However , Jane Fonda played by Viola Fields and Michael Vartan played by Dr Kevin Fields are rich which means they were expensive clothes because they can afford it than the rest.

At the beginning of the trailer they don’t use any lightning because its day light which means you don’t need any lightning because you can see properly. Maybe they might have used some lightning but to be honest I don’t think so because it’s unnecessary. They use a lot of candles , to make the scene romantic as they are celebrating an engagement at a party. By seeing this candles it will make it easier for the audience to understand that there is love celebration. In my opinion I think it will make it easier because a lot of candles signify something romantic and special love. When they are in the kitchen they is a light on where Charlie played by Jennifer Lopez is cooking. This makes it also easier for us to understand that she is cooking because the light as at the cooker only, not in the rest of the kitchen. So the movie director wants to make it easier for us to understand the movie, so that we can enjoy it because if he tried to complicate things then we wouldn’t understand what’s going on.

The production design for the scene at the beginning is there are in a garden and they are using props. For example they are using glasses and a jar. This scene is not complicated because you know that they are relaxing and sharing their troubles, like Charlie played Jennifer Lopez is sharing her troubles to her friends about her mother in law who is treating her badly. Jane Fonda played by Viola Fields is in a mansion and everything that is in that house is very expensive which means that she is very rich and lives a luxurious life and a higher class lady.

In the movie they uses a lot of props, for example when Viola Fields has a horn that is used to make a lot of noise. When you see the horn you just know that the character is going to use this prop in an negative way. The reason why the director made this character use this prop is to show the audience the tension between this two characters Viola and Charlie. The other prop that they use is sleeping pills, they used sleeping pills because they wanted to show the battle between them because the two of them wants to show their strengths or the strengths that they will go to in order for one of them to win.

Where the cast is there is so much space, for example the houses that they were in has a lot of space. This shows us that they are people who doesn’t struggle but there lives are comfortable for them. However the scene where Charlie and Viola are sleeping together they don’t really have much space, to show us that that there must be a reason why Viola decided to sleep with her. I think that the reason is pretty clear, she is looking for a chance to make Charlie’s life miserable because she hates her and she is cold towards her. So because of Viola’ behaviour you can just know that she is going to make her daughter in law’s life distressed.