Media Language - Lesson 5

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- Language is how media through their forms, codes, conventions and techniques communicate meanings and sets tones and specific environments. For example: dark lighting has negative connotations, whereas light has good.

Mode: the medium in which you are looking at (moving image, still image, written words, spoken words)

Tools: the application, what is being used to create (camera angles, fonts colour)

Meanings: the effects being conveyed (connotations to language used)

Camera Angles:

High angle: makes subject seem insignificant, small, angled downwards

Low angle: makes subject seem threatening or large, angles upwards.

Bird's eye view: god like position facing downwards, typically used to view environments in an unsettling way.

Canted angle: off kilter shot suggesting distortion or uneasiness.

Eye level: neutral shot.

Long shot: includes every subject and every part of scene in one.

Insert: specific zoom-in shot to give insight.

(all in landscape)

Mise-en-scene:

In conclusion, Mise-en-scene is what is in the scene, broken down into categories such as: Positioning and body language, Lighting, aesthetics (hair, makeup, costume) and settings/ props.

Summary of Terminology:

Semiotics:

Denotations:

Connotations:

Mise En Scene:

Diegetic Sound: