History of Media
The first post of the blog should be learning about the history and evolution of media. For this I relayed mainly on different youtube videos. The Evolution of Traditional to New Media by Jo Marchianne Pigar A Brief History of Media – Dan Gillmor by O’Reilly These two videos are the ones which summed up the evalution and histroy…
The Meaning Of Media
To study Media Studies, it is important to first understand the meaning of Media. From the Language of Media to the Institution, for this I referred mainly to this YouTube video The Media Insider
Film Codes and Conventions
Codes : Codes generally means signs and symbols in a film which creates meaning. These codes can be divided into two main parts. Technical and Symbolic. Technical Code means how an equipment or a gadget is used in a film to convey a message. For example, the camera work in a film. Symbolic codes show what is beneath the…
Why Film Opening?
In A1, we get to choose what project are we going to work on the whole year. We get two choices to choose from, a magazine cover or a film opening. I, as stated previously, chose film opening. The main question is, what is a film opening? It is a way which the film production gives credits to cast…
Enigma Codes
Barthes’ Enigma Code Theory He published a book called ‘S/Z’ in 1970. It focused on analyzing a short story by Balzac. Barthes goes through the story denoting where and how different codes of meaning function. In the book, he argues that every narrative is interwoven with multiple codes: HERMENEUTIC/ENIGMA CODE: This code refers to any element of a text…
Camera
One of the integral parts of every film is camera work, without which no film can be made. To make a film you need to shoot its scene and well, you cannot do it without a camera of any sort. However, shooting a scene/s is not so simple, you need to thoroughly think the camera angles, camera movements and…
Sound
The second component in this is Sound, one of the most main component is Sound. Although film is sometimes thought of as a purely visual art-form it also relies heavily upon audio. Even in the days of silent film, movies were usually screened with live performances from musicians who would play in time with the action on screen.With the…
Editing
The general meaning of editing can be as simple as Editing is the process of selecting and preparing writing, photography, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information. But that is not the only thing we need to know before analysing and using the editing skill in our film opening. There are many effects and methods used in editing to make…
Mise-En-Scene
Since my task is to create a film opening and Mise-en-scène is an integral part of every frame in a film, I deem it necessary for me to know what Mise-en-scène is, and therefore, I am uploading this post, explaining Mise-en-scène, so that I know what the frames of my film opening should consist of. Mise en scene is…
Audience Theories
For whom do we make our media for? Sure, we can say the product is for us to enjoy and some people make their product for their own enjoyment. This is not the most cases, for the main reason many people make a product is for an audience to consume it. Now, What is an Audience? the group of…
Audience Survey
Any kind of media is made for some kind of audience to consume, and in order to know what kind of audience is going to consume my media, it is necessary to conduct a survey. I conducted my audience research survey via the website Survey Monkey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/ Question 1 87.50% of my respondents were female while only 12.50% of…
Film Opening Analysis-1: The Dark Knight (2008)
Since my project is based on film opening, I thought it was important for me to know how what I have learned so far is used in film openings. Therefore, I decided to analyze a film opening. While this is my first film opening analysis, it won’t be the last, I will do a few more to better understand…
Film Opening Analysis-2: A Quiet Place (2018)
My first analysis was based on the 4 elements, camera, sound, editing, and mise-en-scenes. This analysis is based on the codes and convention of film and for this I chose A Quiet Place (2018) because this film had to portray emotions and deliver the story to audience without any dialogue, and although they used subtitles and sign language, it…
Film Opening Analysis-3 : Parasite (2019)
My main reason to choose this movie was to show how a great story can be portrayed even with a language barrier, this movie is so symbolic, with so much meaning behind every single shot, prop, and every character, that it requires more than one watch. The genre was also what intrigued me, thriller and dark comedy, which it…
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