language

Media Language

Objective:

• List theorists associated with media language
• Use semiotics in relation to your Thriller opening

Task:
Thriller: short Semiotic analysis

Analyse your thriller opening using what you have learnt during this and other lessons. Specifically, pick a sign within your thriller and deconstruct it:

• What is the sign?
• What is the signifier?
• What does it signify?
• How does this add meaning for the viewer?
• Are their other signs?

Extension:

Pick an element in your thriller opening, it can be a camera movement, cut, lighting, prop, costume etc. What can you say about it's denotations and connotations within the scene?

Deadline: end of the lesson, up to half a side.

Open and Closed Narrative

Task: Write a side of A4 that discusses how closely Pulp Fiction aligns with an open or closed narrative.

Film and Media Theorists

Here is a handy list of theorists for G325 that includes: Narrative, Genre, Audience and Representation.
Link to doc is HERE. There is also a link on the right hand side of the blog.

Representation theory

Genre theory

Audience theory