LO3: Media language and meanings

 What feature do you expect to see/hear in a trailer?

• Shots of the main protagonist
• Titles graphics 
• Sound track
• Sound effects
• Name of the film 
• key moments
• Non-diegetic music
• Non-linear narrative
• transitions 
• Creating spectacle and enigma(e.g SFX)
• Use close-ups

These are the codes and conventions or the ingredients that make up a specific genre of product. 

Q6,7,8: 

You will be asked to analyse theoretically how a product of your choice creates meaning:

Macro meaning: The wider context: issues and topics 

• Genre
• Narrative 
• Representation

Micro meaning: How we understand the Macro meaning

• Mise en sence 
• Camerawork
• Editing
• Sound
  

The exam question will ask you to talk about your film/show in terms of Genre, Narrative, Representation. How we understand the Macro meaning is based on how the micros have been used. 

Mise en sence and the fantastic four:

mise en sence is everything you see on screen this does not include sound or speech. 

Mise en sence:

• Costume and make up
• Props
• Location and Iconography 
• Acting gesture
• Colour
• Lighting 
• 
  

The Hunger Games miss en sence: