PRELIMINARY TASK
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NECROMANIAC
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what we have learnt in the first four weeks of doing media A level
Firstly through the subject of sound Sir told us the importance of it ,additionally it creates the atmosphere, builds tension and suspense, can make a scene more realistic, could show a symbolic reasoning/theme, allocates what is going to happen, shows contrast of time difference ,marketing the show/advertisement and finally it makes the audience feel different moods at different times of the show/film. Another thing we learnt the difference between diegetic and non-diegetic sound and we learn the differences between them for example diegetic sound is when both the audience and the character within the scene can hear the sound and non-diegetic sound is when only the audience can hear it. As well as that we also learnt the meaning and uses of incidental meaning which is used to create or add emotion and rhythm to a dramatic scene (usually not noticeable).Also we learnt the reason why companies use voices of dialogue for example voice overs which is used generally as a narrative device(first person narrative).
Secondly Sir then taught us about editing. This is put in place post production using computer software. It is used to cut scenes that are unneeded and is used to clean up shots. They're are many editing techniques that we have learnt for example shot reverse shot(when one character is shown looking at another, camera cuts to the person looking back,180 degrees rule shows the audience they are looking at each other),eye line match, action match, reaction cut, cross cutting, cutaway, dialogue overlap,dissolve,ellipses and finally some very simple ones (short take, long take, visual effects, slow motion).
Thirdly representation is the way in which signs are constructed in order to display aspects of reality. These representations are made to be natural and truthful but are actually only interpretations of what people perceive to be real. Which supports the idea of what we view are simple constructions of reality from a biased perspective. Moreover we was taught the importance of representation between many different subjects for example gender(male/female), sexuality(heterosexual/homosexual),ethnicity(white/black),social class(rich /poor) and simply it is shown by how the media wants people to be portrayed for a certain reason. The overall reason it is significant is to attract all different kinds of audiences and the more appealing that it becomes the more popular it will be. Relatively joining onto representation we also learnt the meaning of sings in what media portrays and in fact signs are made to help us decipher what exactly is being represented. Signs are the smallest piece of meaning we can actually use to decode different meanings. Almost anything can act like a sign. There are five different importance's of signs which are portrayal, connotations, denotations, social groups and lastly ideologies.
Fourthly we was then taught about camera shots and angles and there are many camera shots that can be used in every scene of a film/show for example close up, extreme close up, long shot, wide shot, point of view shot, panning shot, follow shot, medium shot, two shot, low angle shot, high angle shot, birds eye view, crane shot, establishing shot, over the shoulder shot and extreme wide shot; all of these shots are used to show different atmospheres and meanings to make the scene more interesting and exiting. Furthermore there are also many angles that are used to create effects to the audience for example Dutch angle, pan, tilt, dolly/trucking angle and slide/vest angle; all of these different angles again show a different meaning to attract mass audiences.
Fifthly Sir taught us the meaning of Mise-en-Scene which is in fact everything in the whole scene for illustration setting,props, costume, make-up, hair, facial expression, body language, lighting and colour and finally the positioning of characters and the objects within the frame.
Finally the last thing that we have learnt so far is composition which is the way in which something is put together or arranged : the combination of parts or elements that make up something. So for example there are depths of field in composition which are created by 3 different parts shallow focus, deep focus and finally pull focus and all 3 of them are used to create different atmospheres to the scene for example a deep focus could show a true inner anger facial expression which by his features and characteristics and the way the character is placed in the rule of thirds it shows to the audience that the character has had enough and his anger level is very high. A rule of thirds is a 9 squared diagram that helps people make decisions n where to place characters and whether it is giving our the right aspect or affect.
