Codes and Conventions Flashcards
the established and socially accepted ways of doing things. In this media, these are styles and approaches that have been standardized into the content.
Comventions
What are the two categories that Codes can be divided into?
Technical and Symbolic
Is the study of signs. According to Hall (1997), media is always engaged in “signifying practices”, which means there is a kind of symbolic work that can be found in media text.
Semiotics
Shot of a large crowd scene or a view of scenery as far as the horizon.
Extreme Long Shot
A view of a situation or setting from a distance.
Long Shot
Shows a group of people in interaction with each other. Example, fight scene, with part of their surroundings in the picture.
Medium Long Shot
A shot that shows the subject within their surrounding environment.
Full Shot
Shows a subject down to his or her chest or waist.
- Medium Shot
- Mid Shot
- Medium Close Shot
A full screen shot of a subject’s face, showing the finest nuances of expression.
Close Up
A shot of a hand, eye, or a mouth in detail.
Extreme Close-up Shot
Often used at the beginning of a scene to indicate the location or setting, It is usually a long shot taken from a neutral position.
Establishing Shot
A shot of an object in detail.
Detail Shot
Shows a scene from the perspective of a character or one person. Most newsreel footages are shown from the perspective of the newscaster.
Point of View Shot (POV) Shot
Often used in dialogue scenes, a frontal view of a dialogue partner from perspective of someone standing behind and slightly to the left side of the other partner, so that parts of both can be seen.
Over the Shoulder Shot
Short shot of a character’s response to an action.
Reaction Shot
A detail shot which quickly gives visual necessary to understand the meaning of a scene, for example a newspaper page, or a physical detail
Insert Shot
A shot from the opposite perspective, after an over-the-shoulder shot.
Reverse Angle Shot
The camera is not mounted on a tripod and instead is held by the cameraperson, resulting in less stable shots.
Hand-held Camera
What are the four Camera Angles?
- AERIAL SHOT or OVERHEAD SHOT
- HIGH ANGLE SHOT
- LOW ANGLE SHOT or BELOW SHOT
- EYE LEVEL SHOT or STRAIGHT ON ANGLE
Long or extreme long angle of the ground from the air (Camera Angle)
Aerial Shot / Overhead Shot (Camera Angle)
Camera angle that shows people or objects from above, higher than eye level.
High Angle Shot
Camera angle that shows people or objects from below, lower than eye level.
Low Angle or Below Shot
Camera angle that views a subject from the level of a persons eye
Eye Level Shot or Straight On Angle
What are the four Camera Movements?
- Panning Shot
- Tilt Shot
- Tracking Shot
- Zoom
Camera movement in which the camera tilts up or tilts down around a vertical line.
Tilt Shot
Camera movement in which the camera follows along next to or behind a moving object or person.
Tracking Shot
Camera movement in which the stationary camera approaches a subject by “zooming in” or moves farther away by “zooming out
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