Metropolis

How does Flitz Lang use the devices of mise en scene to develop the characters, themes and narratives at the beginning of Metropolis.

Establishing the themes and context

Location 1
In Metropolis, we can see the workers work in the underground and the people live in the higher place. They queue like a army and walk in the same position.
The workers move like a robot. They queue as a army and walk slowly. Their clothes are the same that black in color. Their life is boring. They work in a same factory in the underground every day in a same period of time, such a prison.
The workers work in a factory which at the underground, it is small. The effect is dark and the light is cool.
The lighting is dark in the low key of light. The music is strong and depressed. It shows the hopeless of the workers life.
The workers life in the underground of Metropolis since the beginning scene that the workers were changing shifts in the tunnel. It is shown that the workers are live in the dark place and with no fresh air and sunshine. I can know that they are poor.

Location 2
In the second location, people are playing in the garden. They are wearing the beautiful clothes with own style and colorful. The people in the garden are the upper class of the Metropolis.
Contrasting with the location 1, the people have more freedom in location 2 and they can move everywhere they want. For the lighting, there is the bright light in location 2 and dark light in location 1. The workers were wearing the uniform which black in color but the upper class were wearing the beautiful clothes. They can have their freedom to love and choose.
Locations are very different since the workers are the lower class of Metropolis and the people in the garden are the upper class of Metropolis. The workers work for the upper class to let them can play as much as they want.

The main protagonists
The main protagonists are the workers in location 1 and the man who is playing in the garden in the location 2. Also I can find the woman at location 2. She is attracting the man who playing in the garden. Because of the lighting, the man's facial expression is clearly shown. Contrast with the man and the workers, their movement were different as freely and mechanically.

Establishing the narrative
There is a script before the movie start. It talks about the world in Metropolis. I think the scene will be develop as the man will find his father and talk about the workers. Finally the upper class will be work as the workers. The location 1 will not be that mechanically because of the man is already been to the factory which the workers work in.