The Technical Codes in Music Videos - Mise en Scene

• Mise en scene in music videos can range from outfits to make up and hair styles to the use of props. It also features the use of lighting and location. These different aspects of mise en scene can contribute to how the artist is represented and perceived by the audience - and it can give the audience an idea about what genre this artist and song is in.
• The colour of the music video can also be accounted as mise en scene; for example, if a video is in full colour (Taylor Swift - 22), black and white/monochrome (The 1975 - Chocolate) or with a tint of another colour (Britney Spears - Gimme More).

• The use of mise en scene in the song All The Small Things - Blink 182 is very effective to the humorous video that they were after. The video itself is in full colour, but the use of props and costume is very evident in this video. The costumes that are worn by the band members are featured in other pop videos that were fashionable at the time - for example, The Backstreet Boys. The costumes where they are themselves feature band t-shirts and jeans, giving a more casual effect (a normal effect). 
• Props were also used in this video, props can make a video seem more realistic to the audience if it's something that they recognise, and so they may enjoy the video more due to the familiarity. Or the prop in question may be something from another well known music video - in this particular video (All The Small Things - Blink 182) a telescope is used, and a similar telescope is also seen in one of Britney Spears' music videos.
• The location that is used in this music video varies along with the costume changes - they're in a bathroom, an airplane hanger, the beach and a rehearsal room (where they are simply themselves). This mise en scene will keep the audience interested in the video because the changing location will give them something newer to watch and keep their interest piqued.