Monday, 8 September 2014

Texts-Mise en scene


You will consider a selection of images from media texts and explain how mise en scene manipulates the audience by build ing certain expectations.

  • Key Terms Setting. Costume. Lighting. Positioning.

This term we have covered genre conventions in preparation for the first textual investigation which you will starting after half term.

There are two sets of codes and conventions to consider:

Visual codes:

Costume

Facial expression

Colour symbolism

Body Language

Graphics

Technical codes:

Sound

Editing

Lighting

Framing

For example:



Your task is to watch the following clips and note down the genre, the codes and conventions and iconography that have been put in place so that audiences know what they are looking at.














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