Maze Runner trailer to analyse using MACE

1. Watch first – no notes.
2. Watch and make notes on mise en scène.
3. Watch and make notes on audio codes.
4. Watch and make notes on camera shots, angles and movement.
5. Watch and make notes on editing techniques.

You will have a worksheet on which to make notes as the film trailer plays.

MACE
Mise en Scene
Setting - time period? Location?
Props - objects? Signs?
Costumes - style? Time period? Lifestyle?
Body language - happy, sad, lazy?
Lighting - bright or dull?

Audio
Music - Non-diegetic, diegetic
Meaning created by use
Sound effects
Dialogue
Narration

Camera
Shot types
Angles
Movement

Editing
Transitions
Cuts
Montage