Preliminary Exercise 3B: Introduction to Genre Conventions Bubble Organizer

Now that I know what mise en scene is, I would be doing a bubble diagram. The objective of this assignment was to apply my understanding of how mise en scene codes and their relationship to the genre conversations of a film. Genre in film are categories that use narrative or stylistic components to define films. This is very important to the audience because it helps to determine the characters, plot, setting, and tone. The three genres that I am interested in are horror, comedy, and romance. Horror is intended to scare its audience by having some sort of physical violence or psychological terror. Comedy is intended to make its audience laugh. It’s mostly used to amuse or entertain its audience by exaggerating the situation in a humorous way. Romance is when there is a love story between characters. I am interested in these genres because it gives me a lot of room to work in.

The media text that I created was a poster. I try to add some cool designs to attract my audience. The goal of this assignment was to create a bubble diagram to illustrate mise en codes for a specific genre. This was to describe how the codes of mise en scene comes together to create a meaning or the audience. Me and my partner picked the genre horror, which was a great help for us since we are planning to do a horror movie. We were able to focus on each element of mise en scene, making it easier for us to analyze mis en scene in a media text. We learned how specific colors demonstrate danger, for example red being one of them. We also learned our strengths and weaknesses. For example, my partner focuses more on the research. While I like to focus on the design. This is how we split up the project. Overall, the project was a great help to focus on each concept of mise en scene, but also getting to know my teammates.

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Preliminary Exercise: Introduction to Storyboarding: Camera Angles

Hello everyone, During media studies class we have been focusing on the importance of camera angles. Camera angles marks the specific location at which the camera is placed to take a shot. This evokes a different experience and sometimes emotion. Camera angles includes low angle, high angle, overhead level, Dutch angle, eye level, hip level, knee level, and ground level. A high angle shot is where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle. This shot emphasizes the subject vulnerability, or their lower status compared to another subject. This can be used to imply danger or tension. A low angle shot would be the opposite of this but can be used to evoke the same feelings. This camera technique is when the camera angle is positioned below the eye line of the subject, pointing upwards. This can convey vulnerability or power or a mixture between these two. For this assignment I had to draw an example of each camera angle and include some details of the angle. My drawing

Preliminary Exercise 1: Barthes’ Theory of Denotative and Connotative Signs Semiotic Analysis Table

Hello everyone, During Media Studies class, I have been learning about semiotics. Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and what they are used for or interpretation (hidden meaning). Roland Barthes proposed this idea. Roland Barthes was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. Barthes' theory focused on reading signs and their hidden meanings. It focused on their interpretation by different cultures or societies. Suggesting that the physical form of a sign can be interpreted to have a hidden meaning, used to signify something. He uses the example of a photograph of his mother. The photograph corners were faded signifying his mother is dead but still has a great love for her for he still has the picture. Denotation is the actual meaning of a word or picture, while connotative is the meaning or symbolization of the word or picture. For example, a red rose symbolizes love and romance. The red rose will be the denotation, while the feeling o

Preliminary Exercise: Introduction to Storyboarding: Shot Sizes

Welcome everyone, During media studies we have been focusing on the importance of shot sizes. A shot size is how much of the setting or subject is displayed within a frame of the shot. This helps to emphasize specific emotions, ideas, and movements for each scene. For example, the establishing shot is usually the first scene of a movie. It’s used to establish the location and environment of a place. This can be used to establish mood and give the audience visual clues regarding the time period and general situation. For this assignment we had to create a storyboard about the different types of shot sizes. We had to draw an example of the shot and include some details about the shot to help us memorize it. There were ten shot sizes I had to learn: establishing shot, master shot, wide shot, full shot, medium full shot, medium shot, medium close up, close up, and extreme close-up. These were fairly easy to learn. I worked on this assignment alone, since this was just notes. Later o

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