Media Studies

Media Language The use of noir visual style, conventions of the police procedural and multiple narrative strands, The Killing provides a rich area of study for media language, which would form the foundation for work on the other theoretical frameworks. Analysis Should Include Mise-en-scene analysis Costume: the detective wears a jumper and she is fully covered which may make her appear smarter as she is not sexualised and also dedicated to her work. Light: low lighting for danger. Semiotics: how images signify cultural meanings Not being sexualised signifies independence dark lighting signifies danger surprise party signifies danger/ actual police issues Narrative The Killing uses binary oppositions to drive the narrative forward. The way the binary opposition is resolved may have ideological significance. The oppositions that The Killing uses is good and evil, dark and light/night and day, hero and villain.  Knights theory of prolonging the inevitable c...

Media Language No Offence is a mainstream television series in which the codes and conventions of the police procedural crime drama are intertwined with aspects of social realism. Detailed analysis of this media form including the process through which media language develops as genre will provide students with an opportunity to understand and reflect on the dynamic nature of genre. Analysis Includes: Mise-en-scene analysis: Costume: Dinah is seen first wearing pink which demonstrates that she is quite girly and probably has other stereotypical feminine features. Then in the second scene she is dressed very formal which presents her as a more serious person. After the first scene all the women are covered up and are therefore respected. Lighting: Often in this series when there is a bad situation it is usually at night. The chase scene was filmed late with the stereotype that everything bad happens at night. The scene where they find the girl in the river is also filmed in t...

People in Media  Todorov 5 Stages Of Equilibrium  1.) Equilibrium... balance 2.) Disruption of equilibrium 3.) Recognition of the disruption 4.) Attempt to repair the disruption 5.) Return to the equilibrium Steve Neale 'Genre is instances of repetition and difference' Strauss 'Binary Opposition drives a narrative forward' i.e)      -  Good and Evil      - Right and Wrong      - Smart and Dumb Knight 'We watch the show, even though we know the outcome, for the thrill.' Judith Butler Gender is as 'preformed' or 'performative' Roland Barthes Signs = total of signifier and signified Semiolagy = relationship between signifier and signified Signifier = object Signified = meaning Marc Perensky Digital natives want their content fast free and up to the minute Stuart Hall  the reception theory is a version of reader's response that emphasises each particular read...

Trailer Poster 1 Poster 2 Poster 3 Statement of Intent My film will be shot in four main locations: the street, a house, a school and a park. Other than coming of age this film also addresses 2 more themes: drama and arrogance. In my trailer I'm going to use slow, light hearted yet slightly intense to relate to the relationship between Charlotte and Ashley. This film is about a girl called ashley who starts to bully a new girl called charlotte to stay at the top of the school hierarchy. It follows a 3 act structure. In act one we meet Ashley as a popular girl, we do not yet see her bullying or any negativity in her life. Then in act two, Charlotte is introduced as a new girl and we see Ashley starting to bully and be quite spiteful which also leads to Charlotte leaving the school and no one knows where she has gone. In act three, Ashley then realises her wrongs and starts being a nicer person. Unlike most typical mean girl coming of age films this shows the n...

Locations: Alley way Bedroom (some private hang out for group discussion) School Park Themes: Mystery Thriller Romance Arrogance Music: Something that is tense like jaws theme tune and also a contradicting happy music. Structure: Act 1: Main character, popular mean girl, bullying others and only cares about herself. A day in the normal life. Act 2:  She discovers some form of communication towards an unknown person who sends her notes everyday with someones name and that person goes missing. Fails a couple times trying to solve it. Act 3: She changes and realises she doesn't need to be horrible to everyone to be liked. Unique Feature: It is a coming of age film based on a mean girl becoming good because of traumatic experience. How does it target; Males, Females and young people? It targets teens as it is a relatable to every teen going through high school as high school holds a wide variety of different types of teens. It is also quite a different ...

Disequilibrium - the period of instability in a film's narrative. Enigma - The question or mystery that is posed within a film's narrative. Equilibrium - A state of peace and calm, which often exists at the beginning of the film's narrative. Framing - The selection of elements such as characters, setting and iconography that appear within the shot. Genre - A system of film identification, in which films that have the same elements are grouped together. Iconography - The objects within a film that are used to evoke particular meanings. Intertextuality -  Reference within a film to another film, media product, work of literature or piece of artwork. Mise En Scene - When analysing a sequence the term refers to everything you see in the frame. Narrative - A story that is created in constructed format that describes a series of fictional or non-fictional events.  Media terminology from Andy Wallis As media dictionary[1] from ecclestona