LO3

Question 1

What is Denotation?

Answer 1

Denotation is the truth for example facts and what we can see

Question 2

What is connotation?

Answer 2

Connotation is our interpretations of media

Question 3

What is Verisimilitude?

Answer 3

Verisimilitude is how real the world of the story or narrative of a fictional media product appears to the audience.
(For example is the world presented to the audience believable? Making things seem believable)

Question 4

What are Codes ?

Answer 4

The familiar and predictable forms and techniques used by producers when they are creating media texts. These are used to help communicate certain ideas to an impression.

Question 5

What is Genre ?

Answer 5

Media products are usually classified in to different categories and sub-categories. By choosing a category for your product will give the audience an idea on what they expect from the product. Genre is a type of film. (E.g. Horror could be scientific horror)