Wow!

You were all great in today's lesson, the enthusiasm was of the charts 'PROPPS' really got you going!

Well next week (the first lesson of the week) you are going to have an assessment the first part will be a test of Key Terms and definitions these are below.

CONVENTIONS

Are the generally accepted ways of doing something - the ingredients of a media form. (Revise what the conventions are for at least 2 media formats)

SEMIOTICS

The study of meaning and how it is formed by signs such as words, images or music. It can be used as a tool to help analyse the symbolic codes of a media text

DENOTATION

Literal meaning

CONNOTATION

Symbolic meaning

ANALYSE

to break down into components, to examine in more detail in order to discover meaning and essential features

REPRESENTATION

This is the process whereby the media construct versions of people, places and events in images, words or sound for transmission through media texts to audience

AUDIENCE

An individual or collective group of people who read or consume any media text

DEMOGRAPHIC

This defines the adult population largely by the work that they do

PSYCHOGRAPHIC

This is a way of describing an audience by looking at their behaviour and personality traits

MISE-EN-SCENE

The look of a film created through VISUAL elements within the frame

Elements of Mise-en-scene

·         Objects/Props

·         Costume, hair and make-up

·         Setting/Location

·         Lighting/Shadow/ use of Colour

·         Characters position within the frame

·         Facial expressions and body language