media language intro and visual signs

Question 1

what is media language

Answer 1

tools for mediating messages between producers and audiences

Question 2

types of response to media language

Answer 2

informed- from knowledge
emotional- from atmosphere
debate- from unanswered questions or polysemics

Question 3

types of signs

Answer 3

visual, technical and audial

Question 4

what is mise en scene

Answer 4

anything that can be seen

Question 5

what is costume and how is it used

Answer 5

makeup, hair and clothing
used to convey emotions, role, personality and social status as well as time period

Question 6

what are props and how are they used

Answer 6

props are objects that can be seen
used to dress the scene or propel action, can be literal or symbolic

Question 7

what is setting and how is it used

Answer 7

locations chosen to drive narrative
literally used to propel action or symbolically used to communicate feeling

Question 8

high key lighting

Answer 8

lots of light sources and minimal shadows

Question 9

low key lighting

Answer 9

less light souces to create shadows

Question 10

naturalistic lighting

Answer 10

mimics reality

Question 11

stylised lighting

Answer 11

obviously artificial

Question 12

how to describe camera

Answer 12

camera shot
camera angle
camera movement
camera focus

Question 13

establishing shot

Answer 13

a shot of a place or space used to establish setting

Question 14

long/wide shot

Answer 14

aq shot of a character filling the screen top to bottom
used to introduce a character to a space and its mise en scene and communicate how the character fits there

Question 15

mid shot

Answer 15

caharcter fills the screen from the waist up
allows us to observe performance and dialogue

Question 16

close up

Answer 16

part of a character/ an entire prop fills the screen
gives significance to the character or prop, either in an intimate or intrusive way

Question 17

extreme close up

Answer 17

the subject is bigger than the frame, only party of t is visible

Question 18

high angle

Answer 18

camera is high up looking down

Question 19

low angle

Answer 19

camera is low down looking up

Question 20

eye level

Answer 20

camera is looking straight ahead

Question 21

how do camera angles communicate meaning

Answer 21

by giving the audience a point of view on a subject

Question 22

camera panning

Answer 22

camera stays on the same spot but pivots side to side

Question 23

camera tilting

Answer 23

camera stays in the same spot but pivots up and down

Question 25

hand held camera tracking

Answer 25

camera is travelling shakily, so scene is immersive

Question 26

static camera

Answer 26

the camera is still

Question 27

zooming camera

Answer 27

camera changes shot size during a scene

Question 28

deep focus

Answer 28

foreground and background in focus

Question 29

selective/shallow focus

Answer 29

certain things are in focus and some blurred. shallow focus background is blurred foreground is in focus.

Question 30

pulling focus

Answer 30

changing focus mid scene