Peaky Blinders - Episode 1 Old Fashioned Mise-en-scene: clothing, industrial buildings, representation of Birmingham in 1919. Factories and industrial buildings to set the time of the industrial revaluation. Mise-en-scene tells us he is part of a rich family that own a successful business. Nice, expensive furniture for the time. Regional representation of the Birmingham area. Accents, violent behaviour. Crime, guns, fights.