Mise en Scene - Sarah

The mise en scene in the Full Monty is an important aspect to the film, as it is this that gives the audience a insight into what living in Sheffield is like without having to hear it from the characters. From what is shown in the beginning of the film we can see that Sheffield has become a desolate run down area. With factories that used to be bustling with workers now empty and deserted. in the beginning to the film we see Gary, Dave and Nathan in an empty factory looking for metal they can steal to scrap. Compared to how this form of industry was shown in the news reel; full of employees woking hard, it is nowdilapidated. By showing this the audience can see what the people of Sheffield have had to go through when the steel industries were shut down.

After we see the factory, we see the chracters stranded in the middle of a river. We can see that the river has all sorts of junk that has been dumped into it, with cars trolleys and rubbish. This gives the audience the impression that now people are struggleing for jobs and money, they no longer care about the area they live in.
Anothert importand area we see the chracters in is the Job Centre. This is where the unemployed men spend their time looking for and applying for jobs. the room they spend their time in is a pokey, bland room that has a depressing feel to it.

Compared to the areas we see Gary and Dave in we then see the opposite end of the spectrum when we see the house that Gary's ex-wife lives in with her new boyfrind. The house is quite large in a nice area. Compared to the obvious working class characters the people thaty live in this house are well dressed and own a nice car.
It is apparant from the mise en scene that it was factory workers that were badly affected by the end of industrialism. Their is a feeling of depression to the workers of these old factories. But it is also obvious that people in other professions have not been as badly affected and are happy to turn a blind eye.