WorksheetsMedia codes
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
What are the three types of media codes?
Symbolic
Technical
Hidden
Written
Conventional
Symbolic codes in media include...
setting
mise en scene
costume
camera work
colour
Mise-en-scene includes...
set design
editing
costume
props
staging & composition
The actor portrays a character through:
facial expressions
body language
movement
body contact
The code 'body language' includes:
the colour and design
the texture of the image
the layout
the gestures and facial expressions
Media codes use different things to create...
Representations
answers
interesting films
Averages
Which is NOT a media code?
Camera angles
Technical
Symbolic
Written
Which media code?
Camera angles - where the camera is positioned to take the photo or film
Technical
Symbolic
Written
Not a media code
Which media code?
Settings - the location used, weather and time of day
Technical
Symbolic
Written
Not a media code
Which media code?
Typography - style and formatting choices such as font and size
Technical
Symbolic
Written
Not a media code
Which media code?
Shots - the framing and editing of footage
Technical
Symbolic
Written
Not a media code
Which media code?
Mise-en-scene - the messaged conveyed to the audience through the combination of everything on screen
Technical
Symbolic
Written
Not a media code
Which media code?
Positioning - the relation of a piece of text relative to other product elements
Technical
Symbolic
Written
Not a media code
Which media code?
Lighting - how it is used to illuminate actors, sets or scenes
Technical
Symbolic
Written
Not a media code
Which media code?
Colours - different colours have different meanings and represent different moods
Technical
Symbolic
Written
Not a media code
Which media code?
Language - this includes spoken language (lyrics and dialogue)
Technical
Symbolic
Written
Not a media code
What is this camera movement?
(Camera moves toward or away from the subject, camera base moves)
(a)
What is this camera movement?
(Camera moves horizontally, camera base doesn’t move)
(a)
What is this camera movement?
(The camera looks vertically but the base doesn’t move)
(a)
Non-diegetic sound is…
The sound that is heard in the film world
The sound that exists outside the film world (the characters cant hear it)
What is the purpose of increased time (slowed down)
Making people buy more movie snacks
Using the allocated time of the film wisely
Splitting films into two categories—short film and feature length
Creating tension and emphasising conflict
What is the purpose of decreased time (sped up)
Long movies are boring
Telling a long story in the time frame of the film
Teaching the audience the importance of time, and how it slowly slips away from us
Cheaper to film
What is mise en scene?
The promotion of a film
What we hear in the movie
What we see in the frame
This type of Media Code includes camera angles, sound and lighting and basically how technology is used to create meaning
Symbolic Code
Technical Code
Written Code
Media
This type of Media Code refers to the case of letters, font, headlines, captions, speech bubbles, language style
Symbolic Code
Written Code
Audio Code
Technical Code
This type of Media Code refers to colors, object, body language, clothing and setting - Include the language, dress and actions of characters knows as mise-en-scene
Technical Code
Symbolic Codes
Written Codes
Audio Code
Group of readers, viewers or listeners to whom a media text is specifically addressed because of a set of characteristics that they share, such as age, gender, profession, class and interests
Audience
Stakeholders
Producers
Target Audience
What is media representation
creating something new
ways in which the media portrays particular groups
helps to break some formulaic approaches
powerful role models and sources of inspiration
