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Mise en Scene



The setting in Bridesmaids is a white background to emphasize the characters who are bridesmaids and the bride herself. The wedding dress and the bridesmaids dresses are the main props as they will play a major part in the film. The camera shot is a long shot to show all the characters' body language and posture. The bride (Maya Rudolph) is positioned in between Kristen Wiig and Rose Byrne which suggests that the two brides maids are both friends with the bride but are rivals to each other.
 The other three bridesmaids to the right of the bride seem to be friends with each other because they have their arms round each other. They are on Kristen Wiig's side yet Kristen Wiig's character, Annie looks like she would rather be alone and may end up alone due to the fact that she's not putting her arms around anyone and her facial expression suggests she's rather bitchy and up herself. She's also standing the furthest forward showing that she is the main character in the film. Her posture is also rather slouched which may indicate she also can't be bothered with herself.
 To the right of Kristen Wiig there's Ellie Kemper who plays Becca, her posture looks quite perfect and upright and her facial expression is quite neutral, may mean she's quite innocent. To her right is Wendy McLendon-Covey who's character is Rita, her pose suggests she's quite a raunchy, flamboyant sex-deprived character in the film, she's bending slightly so you can see her cleavage and she's pouting, trying to make herself deliberately more attractive to males. Also, to her right is Melissa McCarthy who plays Megan. Her posture indicates she's a strong character and a trustworthy friend, however, her facial expression looks tough as though despite the fact she'd be a good friend, at the same time you would not want to mess with her.
Maya Rudolph who plays Lillian, the bride, looks torn between Kristen Wiig's character (Annie) and Rose Byrne's character (Helen). She's allowing Helen to lean on her shoulder but the position of her head is turned to her right towards Annie which shows that she might not be sure on whether to trust Helen or not. Lastly, Helen who is separate from the other bridesmaids looks slightly outnumbered, and she's really leaning on the bride, as though she's trying to show she's the better friend to the bride out of her and Annie. However, she also looks really clingy and desperate to keep Lillian as her friend. There's a certain element about her body positioning that suggests she's quite controlling and influential towards Lillian.