A connotation is a subjective cultural and/or emotional coloration in addition to the explicit or denotative meaning of any specific word or phrase in a language.
Within contemporary society, connotation branches into a culmination of different meanings. These could include the contrast of a word or phrase with its primary, literal meaning (known as a denotation), with what that word or phrase specifically denotes. The connotation essentially relates to how anything may be associated with a word or phrase, for example, an implied value judgment or feelings.
Example: The denotation is that this is a red rose with a green stalk, but the connotation is that this symbolises love and passion.
Denotation
Denotation is the first level of analysis: What the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor. A denotation is the strict, literal, definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or colour.
In logic, linguistics, and semiotics, a denotation of a word or phrase is a part of its meaning; however, several parts of meaning may take this name, depending on the contrast being drawn. Denotation can be synonymous with reference, and connotation with sense, in the sense and reference distinction in philosophy of language.
Example: The denotation is that this a cross but the connotation is that it is a symbol of religion, or even more specifically a symbol of Christian religion.
Mise-En-Scene
Mise en scène encompasses the most recognizable attributes of a film – the setting and the actors; it includes costumes and make-up, props, and all the other natural and artificial details that characterize the spaces filmed. The term is borrowed from a French theatrical expression, meaning roughly “put into the scene”. In other words, mise-en-scène describes the stuff in the frame and the way it is shown and arranged. We have organized this page according to four general areas: setting, lighting, costume and staging. 
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