Micro Elements for Analysis and Understanding Media Language

 

Cinematography is how the scene is shot. It could do with what type of shot it is for example a close up or a long shot. It could have to do with the angle of the camera for example a high angle or a low angle. Movement is important to do with Cinematography because it help show how the character is moving for example with they were running you would like to use a panning shot. Also composition is used for things like framing. Cinematography is very important because it can set a scene for you for example if on a horror movie something was about to happen you could build up the tension by using a close up shot of maybe somebody sweating or even just the eyes unable to move.


Editing is important because it is used to make the video. Editing uses many features such as cutting and other transitions. Cutting can be used to make a scene more romantic by cutting from one character to another or even to make a scene more scary but doing fast cutting from maybe the character and a door handle that is about to open. Transitions can also be used to make a scene more romantic by using slow motion you can have the two character running into each others arms.

Sound can be used so that the character can here it or out of the scene. This is called diegetic and non-diegetic sound. Sound effects can be used but they will be non-diegetic and this means the character is not able to here them. If a character was listing to there ipod and you could here is this is diegetic it is happening in the scene. 

Mise-en-Scene is pretty much ever thing you see in the scene. The location, costumes and make up. This is very important because this is the thing that sets the scene. Also the lighting is important because that also sets a scene for example you would use dark lighting in a horror movie and light lighting in a romantic movie. The location sets to scene as it shows the viewer what they are in for. For example you would use a hunted house for a horror movie and a flower garden for a romantic movie. 

• Media language is how is how the story is told and how it comes across to the audience.
• Verbal communication is gestures, facial expressions, clothing and props.
• It is also were about the character is placed in the frame.
• ML is also every thing that the camera sees.
• Denoation is every thing that you literally see in a scene.
• Cannotation is your interpretation of the scene.