2 Categories of Codes Flashcards
This includes how cameras works in a film, its framing, lighting, etc.
Technical Codes
refers to how the camera is operated, positioned and moved for specific effects.
Camerawork
aspects of camerawork:
Positioning
Movement
Framing
Exposure
Lens choice
ashotthat is sowide, the subject is barely visible.
extreme wide shots
also referred to as a longshot, is a camera angle that shows the entire object or person and their relation to what surrounds them.
wide shot
is captured at amediumdistance from the subject.
Medium shot or waist shot
frames a subject’s head and cuts off aroundmid-chest.
Medium close up
is a type of shot that tightly frames a person or object.
Close up
is traditionally used in film to allow the viewer to enter the character’s intimate space, revealing certain characteristics and emotions
extreme close up
is a type of photography that is taken from a low angle, looking up at the subject.
Worm’s eye view photography
is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up
low-angle shot
refers to when the level of your camera is placed at the same height as the eyes of the characters in your frame.
eye level shot
are composed with a camera tilted laterally, so that the horizon is not level and vertical lines run diagonally across the frame.
Canted shots
a film making technique that describes how a camera moves about to help enhance a story
Camera Movements
Audio is the expressive or naturalistic use of sound. Audio can be diegetic or non diegetic.
Audio
The three aspects of audio are:
dialogue
sound effects
music
the manipulation of natural or artificial light to selectively highlight specific elements of the scene.
Lighting
Elements of lighting include:
Quality
Direction
Source
Color
are social in nature
symbolic codes
this means is that these codes live outside the media product themselves, but would be understood in similar ways in the ‘real life’ of the audience.
symbolic codes
This includes the language, dress or action of the characters and even the iconic symbols.
symbolic codes
is the time and place of the narrative.
setting and body language
portray characters in media products and contribute to character development, creating tension or advancing the narrative.
actors
a French term that means ‘everything within the frame’.
Mise en scene
the straightforward dictionary definition
denotation
the idea and feelings associated with the words
connotation
