Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Media Terminology

Semiotics - The science of signs. This does not mean road signs but anything from a logo to a flower in someones hair.

Denotahon - What it actually is. It is at its basic form (e.g a rose at its basic form would be a plant)

Connotation - Is the meaning you associate with that sign. This changes as to where and how you have been bought up. (different countries would see things differently)


Micro                                       Macro (elements)

- Mise en scene                    - Representation
- Sound                                  - Narrative
- Camera angle                     - Genre
- Editing                                 - Audience


Vensimilitude - Realism in the TV drama, something you can relate to.

Binary Oppositions - (claude levi strous) means the opposite .

Disequilibrium - the period of instability and insecurity in a films narrative

Equilibrium - a state of peace and calm, which often exists at the beginning of a film's narrative

Enigma - the question or mystery that is posed within a film's narrative

Iconography - the objects within a film that are used to evoke particular meanings

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