Media Languages

Moving the camera lens from left to right or vice versa.

• pan

• tilt

• truck

• dolly in/out

Moving the camera upwards and downwards.

• pan

• tilt

• truck

• dolly in/out

Moving the camera physically from left to right.

• pan

• tilt

• truck

• dolly in/out

Camera moves toward or away from the subject you're shooting.

• pan

• tilt

• truck

• dolly in/out

Systems of signs, which create meaning.

• Genre

• Code

• Conventions

• Media Languages

Generally accepted ways of doing something.

• Genre

• Code

• Conventions

• Media Languages

French word meaning 'type' or 'class‘.

• Genre

• Code

• Conventions

• Media Languages

Ways in which equipment is used to tell the story.

• Technical Codes

• Symbolic Codes

• Written Codes

Show what is beneath the surface of what we see.

• Technical Codes

• Symbolic Codes

• Written Codes

Use of language style and textual layout.

• Technical Codes

• Symbolic Codes

• Written Codes