{"id":625,"date":"2014-05-08T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cumnockmediaclass.wordpress.com\/?p=625"},"modified":"2014-05-08T19:40:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T19:40:00","slug":"codes-and-conventions-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/cumnockmedia\/2014\/05\/08\/codes-and-conventions-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"Codes and conventions reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Codes and conventions<\/strong>
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Technical codes:<\/strong>
camera shot angle editing transitions SFX CGI
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Symbolic codes:<\/strong>
body language, gesture, setting, dress, colour, composition
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Sound codes:<\/strong>
music, dialogue, sound effects
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Narrative codes:<\/strong>
storyline, plot, structure, characters
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Representations:<\/strong>
age, gender, ethnicity, nation stereotyping<\/p>\n

Camera shot<\/strong> Close up, Medium shot, Long shot
ECU, MCU, MLS, ELS or ECU, MCU, MLS, ELS or BIG CLOSE UP, BIG LONG SHOT
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Camera angle<\/strong>
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High, low, eye-level
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Two shot
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Over the shoulder
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Tilted frame
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Camera movements<\/strong>
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Pan, tilt, tracking shot, dolly
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Lighting
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High key \/ low key
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Hard and soft
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Editing
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Cutting, shot \/ reverse shot
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Jump cut, cutaway
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Cross cutting
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Transitions, fades, wipes, dissolves
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Sound codes<\/strong>
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Music: genre, motif, instruments
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Diegetic\/ non-diegetic sound
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Ambient sound
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Dialogue: narration, speech<\/p>\n

Symbolic codes are hugely significant.<\/strong>
Explain why they have been used by the makers of the text. SIGNIFY<\/strong> or CONNOTE.<\/strong>
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Body language
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Gesture
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Dress
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Setting
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Object
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Composition: rule of thirds, perspective
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Colour
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Typographic codes: fonts, plain,
\u00a0bold, italic, decorative, serif \/ sans serif
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Mise en scene — a useful word here which often describes many symbolic codes
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Denotation and connotation
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Signifiers<\/p>\n

Soap opera<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plot, multi-layered storyline
\u0084Tension, closure, resolution
\u0084Harmony, dis–equilibrium, equilibrium
\u0084Open narratives \/ closed narratives
\u0084Linear, multi–strand, chronological
\u0084Flashback
\u0084Time condensing, time expansion<\/p>\n

Audience knowing more than the character<\/p>\n

Fade to black signifying death<\/p>\n

Cliff-hanger ending<\/p>\n

Does it remind\u00a0you of any other texts\u00a0you have seen in television?<\/p>\n

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Codes and conventions\u0084Technical codes:camera shot angle editing transitions SFX CGI\u0084Symbolic codes:body language, gesture, setting, dress, colour, composition\u0084Sound codes:music, dialogue, sound effects\u0084Narrative codes:storyline, plot, structure, characters\u0084Representations:age, gender, ethnicity, nation stereotyping Camera shot Close up, Medium shot, Long shotECU, MCU, MLS, ELS or ECU, MCU, MLS, ELS or BIG CLOSE UP, BIG LONG SHOT\u0084Camera angle\u0084High, low, eye-level\u0084Two … <\/p>\n

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