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How do one or two of mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound create meaning and affect audience response within the chosen sequence from Midnight Express?  

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How do one or two of mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound create meaning and affect audience response within the chosen sequence from Midnight Express? When producing a film sound and mise-en-scene are extremely important in creating a reaction from the audience. Sound and mise-en-scene can convey a characters feeling, their state of mind and things such as setting, the genre and the situation they are in. The following essay will show and then analyze how these two micro aspects of film create a response from the audience and how and what the meaning is behind them. The sequence which I will be looking at is from Midnight Express. In detail it is the sequence when Billy Hayes is trying to smuggle drugs back to the U.S. Midnight Express is a movie based on a true story. The movie follows Billy Hayes who is a first time drug smuggler, when he gets caught...

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