Collocations for scene - noun

accident, crash, crime, murder
footprints found near the murder scene

attend, be on
A police officer attended the scene.

arrive at, arrive on, reach
An ambulance soon arrived at the scene of the accident.

return to, rush to
flee, leave
be called to
The police were called to the scene.

cordon off (esp. BrE)

at the scene
Police say the man died at the scene.
a gun found at the scene of the crime

on the scene
Photographers were on the scene in seconds.

scene of
The criminal often revisits the scene of the crime.

beautiful, charming, idyllic, peaceful, picturesque
bucolic, pastoral
grisly, gruesome, horrific
appalling, distressing
touching
bizarre, extraordinary, strange
She opened the door on an extraordinary scene of disorder.

familiar
domestic
a touching domestic scene

city, country, rural, street
nativity

stare at, survey, watch, witness
He surveyed the scene with horror.

imagine, picture
recall, remember, replay
I replayed the scene in my mind.

describe

occur, unfold
We sat in horror watching the scenes of violence unfold before us.

be reminiscent of sth
Paramedics tended the wounded in scenes reminiscent of wartime.

amid scenes of
The star arrived amidst scenes of excitement.

in a/the scene
scene from
scenes from Greek mythology

scene of
He painted scenes of country life.
The battlefield was a scene of utter carnage.

a change of scene (esp. BrE) (usually a change of scenery in AmE)
You're exhausted. What you need is a complete change of scene.

opening
climactic, final, last
dramatic, funny, romantic, steamy, touching, tragic
The movie has several steamy bedroom scenes.

courtroom, crowd
action, battle, chase, fight
bedroom, kissing, love, sex
death
cut, deleted

act, play
She plays the love scenes brilliantly.

rehearse, run through
We ran through the final scene again.

recreate
write
film, shoot
stage
set
The scene is set in the first paragraph with an account of Sally's childhood.

steal
The little girl stole the scene from all the big stars.

feature sb
depict sth, show sth
begin
take place
shift
Then the scene shifts to the kitchen.

change

in a/the scene
He appears in the opening scene.

scene between
There is a dramatic fight scene between the two brothers.

behind the scenes (= behind the stage)
The documentary takes a look behind the scenes at the making of the hit TV series.

a change of scene

big, little
angry (esp. BrE), terrible, ugly, unpleasant
emotional, violent

cause, create, make
Quiet! Don't make a scene!

scene between
There have been a couple of ugly scenes between him and the manager.

burgeoning, flourishing, lively
contemporary
international, local, world
art, arts, cultural, literary, music, musical, theatre/theater
He is heavily involved in the local art scene.

club, dance
fashion, political, social
dating, singles
gay
drug (esp. AmE), drugs (esp. BrE), underground
folk, jazz, pop, rap, rock, etc.

be involved in, be part of
appear on, arrive on, come on, come onto
A new face has arrived on the South African literary scene.

burst onto, explode onto
vanish from
Many of the stars of the nineties have completely vanished from the music scene.

dominate

on the scene, onto the scene
the eruption of Cuban music onto the world scene

a newcomer to the scene
The movie's director is a newcomer to the Hollywood scene.

not your scene (informal)
Hillwalking is not my scene, so I stayed at home.