setting the scene

[juicy]

Does anyone know what the technical word for "the setting up of a scene" is? I think it's a Greek word and I'm pretty sure it begins with E...

[Quizmonster]

Mise en sc�ne, perhaps? It's neither Greek nor does it start with an 'e', but it does mean what you are asking!

[Clare A]

That was the only phrase which occurred to me, too, QM.