The mise-en-scene within this shot gives a sense of calmness, this is due to the main colour theme of beige. Also this has been reflected as the two characters outfits are following this colour scheme.
There is darkness in the background of this shot, this could resemble a mistake or a situation which is coming back to 'haunt' them; this mise-en-scene could also be deciphered as their heart, this mise-en-scene remains in focus throughout this shot, this echoes the whole 'bad situation' as it remains the focal point of this shot. I thought this because they are obviously hiding or suppressing something due to the way in which they are acting towards each other and their relationship. The surrounding beige also shows that they are hiding their struggle. Di-Caprio is also pacing away from her which shows conflict and impatience between the two of them.
The shot then cuts to them driving in the car, this shot is a mid-shot which seperates the two characters, this supports the previous conflict between them. This scene is a complete contrast to the previous scene in many ways such as low key lighting with only their faces 'lit up', the central darkness in the previous shot has now engulfed the characters and now it is mainly dark with light in the centre; this shows that the suppressed negative feelings are now 'taking control' of the characters.
After the silence of the beginning of the car journey, Di-Caprio presents a futile attempt of comforting Winslet; Winslet then continues to say how she doesn't want to talk about it. Di-Caprio continues to comfort her, this could show that he is attempting to mend this problem, however, Winslet then starts to raise her voice and completely rejects Di-Caprio's comfort; in doing this the tension of the scene increases and this is accompanied with certain shots (from the backseat) which makes you feel like you are amongst this conflict.
The shot then cuts to the car pulling over. Within this shot there is a single lamp post which shines onto the car, this shows that this is the main focus of the scene. Throughout this scene, they are always divided, even with the editing they are on different sides of the screen.
The comfort shown throughout this scene then turns into aggression as she storms out of the car, this is accompanied with an extreme long-shot as she walks away from the car and towards the lamp post.
This shot then swaps to a mid-shot of her lit up by the street lamp, this could show that she wanted to escape her problems, however, Di-Caprio then follows her out of the car and in doing this blocks the headlights from the car, this could resemble that Di-Caprio is preventing Winslet from escaping her problems.
The shot then cuts to them driving in the car, this shot is a mid-shot which seperates the two characters, this supports the previous conflict between them. This scene is a complete contrast to the previous scene in many ways such as low key lighting with only their faces 'lit up', the central darkness in the previous shot has now engulfed the characters and now it is mainly dark with light in the centre; this shows that the suppressed negative feelings are now 'taking control' of the characters.
After the silence of the beginning of the car journey, Di-Caprio presents a futile attempt of comforting Winslet; Winslet then continues to say how she doesn't want to talk about it. Di-Caprio continues to comfort her, this could show that he is attempting to mend this problem, however, Winslet then starts to raise her voice and completely rejects Di-Caprio's comfort; in doing this the tension of the scene increases and this is accompanied with certain shots (from the backseat) which makes you feel like you are amongst this conflict.
The shot then cuts to the car pulling over. Within this shot there is a single lamp post which shines onto the car, this shows that this is the main focus of the scene. Throughout this scene, they are always divided, even with the editing they are on different sides of the screen.
The comfort shown throughout this scene then turns into aggression as she storms out of the car, this is accompanied with an extreme long-shot as she walks away from the car and towards the lamp post.
This shot then swaps to a mid-shot of her lit up by the street lamp, this could show that she wanted to escape her problems, however, Di-Caprio then follows her out of the car and in doing this blocks the headlights from the car, this could resemble that Di-Caprio is preventing Winslet from escaping her problems.
Throughout this film clip it is easy to see that this film is set in the 50's, this is because of the mise-en-scene of the outfits and the cars.
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