Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Media terminology

Semiotics: The science of signs. Roland Barthes, 1964.
Denotation: Rose, flower or garden plant. What it actually is. 
Connotation: Rose symbols love, romance etc, black rose symbols death. What associate with.
Micro: Mise en Scene analysis. Sound analysis. Editing analysis. Camera angles movement and position analysis.
Macro: Narrative analysis. Representation analysis.
Verisimilitude: Realism
Proximity: Where they are on screen.
Binary Oppositions: Poor vs rich etc to set up scenes.

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