Theoretical framework

 Tuesday 27th September 2022!

LO: To apply the theoretical framework to media texts!

Four major concepts, or ideas, which form the basis of the subject content:

MEDIA LANGUAGE
All the different elements used to construct any media product

This covers terms used,how texts are constructed and the messages conveyed. It includes

• Camerawork                                                               

ESTABLISHING SHOT 

• you see establishing at the start of the scene
• shows the time of day 
• where it is

Wide shot WS

• it shows a relationship with the subject

MEDIUM SHOT

• it catches the subject on how they interact with the subject 
• it starts above the waist the the head to show the emotion

MEDIUM CLOSE UP 

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• it shows the  head to chest
• catches reactions
• face reaction

CLOSE UP

shows characters thoughts and feelings 

how it can be a dramatic shot

EXTREME CLOSE UP (ASU)

shows part of the body or a object (ears,mouth,legs,etc)

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT (OSS)

This shot is framed from behind a person who is looking at the subject. The person facing the subject should usually occupy about 1/3 of the frame. This shot helps to establish the position of each person, and get the feel of looking at one person from the other's point of view.

MUSIC

Includes ALL sound heard in a film/TV show

• music
• sound effects
• dialogue
• voiceover

DIEGETIC

diegetic is sounds you would hear if you were in  that scene

NON DIEGETIC

Non diegetic is the sounds you hear that were edited into the scene

MEDIA INSTITUTIONS

MEDIA INSTITUTIONS

MEDIA AUDIENCES

MEDIA REPRESENTATION

Thursday 29th September 2022 

Media Language

• MISE-EN-SCENE
  

It refers to everything placed on the stage or in front of the camera—including people. In other words, Mise-en-Scène is a catch-all for everything that contributes to the visual presentation and overall “look” of a production. When translated from French, it means “placing on stage

includes everything that can be seen in a frame:

• costume
• props
• setting
• hair & make up 
• lighting 
• actor positioning  
• body language and facial expression

STRANGER THINGS POSTER!

the main character  looks like she has magic powers

they look scared maybe a monster is after them

mike and the other two on their bikes with a light shining 

80s themed clothing and hairstyles

the person in the suit looks like it has been struck by radiation or some kind of cyan light 

the letters in the background could be a communication system by coloured lights

the main character could come from a hospital or a asylum

one of the bikes are choppers (which are bikes from the 80s)

theme park,fair,circus

the refection on the right/left side of his face from the light on one of the  stalls

it could be an old fashioned circus because of the sign in the back ground

the lighting on the Ferris wheel 

he's walking away from something 

in the middle of poor and rich because of his clothes unless he's undercover 

the picture in the background could be old fashioned 

EDITING!

Includes all the POST PRODUCTION work on a moving image:

• transitions
• pace and speed of cuts
• CGI 
• Green screening
• Graphics

straight cut

goes from one scene to another

Jump scene

cuts out bits like times going by

parallel Editing

a way to build suspense

back and forward scenes that happen at the same time

 cutaway

shows more info on where the character is 

montage

match-cut 

where they match one scene to the other

Tuesday 4th October 2022