Room at the Top -Opening Scene Mise en Scene

The exposition of the film: Mise-en-Scène:

• On the train: Industrial Town Passing behind the train windows.

Industrial towns indicate manual work and therefore show that most people living in that area would be working class. The train is shown to be leaving this scene behind.





• On arrival at the station: Warnley Town – the surroundings show cars, a town hall – a generally more affluent outlook.

Workers are well dressed, and seem to be employed in offices, they have a town hall. There are a lot of cars on the road indicating affluence among the people living in that area.