Media Theorist Jonathan Kramer says "the idea that postmodernism is less a surface style or historical period than an attitude. Kramer goes on to say 16 "characteristics of postmodern music, by which I mean music that is understood in a postmodern manner, or that calls forth postmodern listening strategies, or that provides postmodern listening experiences, or that exhibits postmodern compositional practices."
According to Kramer (Kramer 2002, 16–17), postmodern music":
1. is not simply a repudiation of modernism or its continuation, but has aspects of both a break and an extension
2. is, on some level and in some way, ironic
3. does not respect boundaries between sonorities and procedures of the past and of the present
4. challenges barriers between 'high' and 'low' styles
5. shows disdain for the often unquestioned value of structural unity
6. questions the mutual exclusivity of elitist and populist values
7. avoids totalizing forms (e.g., does not want entire pieces to be tonal or serial or cast in a prescribed formal mold)
8. considers music not as autonomous but as relevant to cultural, social, and political contexts
9. includes quotations of or references to music of many traditions and cultures
10. considers technology not only as a way to preserve and transmit music but also as deeply implicated in the production and essence of music
11. embraces contradictions
12. distrusts binary oppositions
13. includes fragmentations and discontinuities
14. encompasses pluralism and eclecticism
15. presents multiple meanings and multiple temporalities
16. locates meaning and even structure in listeners, more than in scores, performances, or composers
Jonathan Donald Kramer (December 7, 1942, Hartford, Connecticut – June 3, 2004, New York City), was a U.S. composer and music theorist.
Active as a music theorist, Kramer published primarily on theories of musical time and postmodernism. At the time of his death he had just completed a book on postmodern music and a cello composition for the American Holocaust Museum.
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Monday, 1 March 2010
Friday, 19 February 2010
Casablanca
Clip one - Strasser Interrogating Ilsa and Laszlo.
The scene is of Strasser, Ilsa and laszo in an office, the two men are distinguished in contrasting clothing, Strasser is wearing a dark uniform, Laszo is wearing a cream/white suit which connotes a good guy, peace keeper and war hero. There are a lot of long stills which are shot close to the face while they talk, the camera doen't look down/up at the charcters showing no hierarchy. Isla is seen very little, showing lack of importance in this particualr clip. No music is played, showing the seriousness of the dialogue. "I was in a German concentraion camp for a year" this is important dialogue for the audience to get to follow his character. "If I wasn't going to tell you in a concentration camp why would I tell you here" this connates Laszlo to be a strong character.
Clip two - Ilsa and Rick in Paris.
In this clip we see iconic attractions in Paris such as the Eiffel tower, in the background you see a sterotypical French man on the boat wearing a beret and a stripey top. This instantly sets the location, with outdated sterotypes nowadays, but would have been more convincing of that time. Rick waits at the pianno for her and pours his and her drink which show he is in control romantic etc. Again still camera angles slow zoom to a close up of Ilsa's face where her eyes glisten, connotes her feeling emotion. Lighting always shines on Ilsa, showing romance love, the music played is romantic 'As time goes by' foreshadows furture events. "Kiss me as if it was the last time" shows Isla's character to be really needy, typical lady of the time 'damsel in distress'.
Clip three - The Marseillaise
The scene is set at Ricks bar, really busy, posh bar trendy of that time, again there is use of close up shots of Isla's to show emotion that she is proud of her man. Lighting is on Isla showing passion, the music is men singing the German national anthem which then he makes them sing the French one connotes him to be a strong character convincing.
Clip four - 'I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship'
The mise en scene is that of an airfield/garage, bad weather conditions adding to the gloomy situation foggy and rainy. Used a car of that time, again slow zooms, Isla is light using lighting, showing emotion, special effects are used on her eyes to make them appear watery like she is crying, throughtout the film Isla is represented as this emotion women who is confused and vulnerable. Dramatic music is played when they walk away together to the get on the plane. "We'll always have Paris" Rick persuades her into thinking that the memory is enough, "Inside we both know you belong to Victor" shows that Rick is the dominant chacacter realistc. "Last night you said I had to do the thinking for both of us" this again shows that the man is the dominant role, that she can't even make her own mind up.
The scene is of Strasser, Ilsa and laszo in an office, the two men are distinguished in contrasting clothing, Strasser is wearing a dark uniform, Laszo is wearing a cream/white suit which connotes a good guy, peace keeper and war hero. There are a lot of long stills which are shot close to the face while they talk, the camera doen't look down/up at the charcters showing no hierarchy. Isla is seen very little, showing lack of importance in this particualr clip. No music is played, showing the seriousness of the dialogue. "I was in a German concentraion camp for a year" this is important dialogue for the audience to get to follow his character. "If I wasn't going to tell you in a concentration camp why would I tell you here" this connates Laszlo to be a strong character.
Clip two - Ilsa and Rick in Paris.
In this clip we see iconic attractions in Paris such as the Eiffel tower, in the background you see a sterotypical French man on the boat wearing a beret and a stripey top. This instantly sets the location, with outdated sterotypes nowadays, but would have been more convincing of that time. Rick waits at the pianno for her and pours his and her drink which show he is in control romantic etc. Again still camera angles slow zoom to a close up of Ilsa's face where her eyes glisten, connotes her feeling emotion. Lighting always shines on Ilsa, showing romance love, the music played is romantic 'As time goes by' foreshadows furture events. "Kiss me as if it was the last time" shows Isla's character to be really needy, typical lady of the time 'damsel in distress'.
Clip three - The Marseillaise
The scene is set at Ricks bar, really busy, posh bar trendy of that time, again there is use of close up shots of Isla's to show emotion that she is proud of her man. Lighting is on Isla showing passion, the music is men singing the German national anthem which then he makes them sing the French one connotes him to be a strong character convincing.
Clip four - 'I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship'
The mise en scene is that of an airfield/garage, bad weather conditions adding to the gloomy situation foggy and rainy. Used a car of that time, again slow zooms, Isla is light using lighting, showing emotion, special effects are used on her eyes to make them appear watery like she is crying, throughtout the film Isla is represented as this emotion women who is confused and vulnerable. Dramatic music is played when they walk away together to the get on the plane. "We'll always have Paris" Rick persuades her into thinking that the memory is enough, "Inside we both know you belong to Victor" shows that Rick is the dominant chacacter realistc. "Last night you said I had to do the thinking for both of us" this again shows that the man is the dominant role, that she can't even make her own mind up.
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Filming DONE! Poster photo DONE!
We filmed the middle scene of the trailer on Saturday, and the end clips on Monday and todays media lesson! So everything is done hopefully. We have booked out an emergency camera for wednesday just incase we feel some bits need improving or more needs adding in. We also took the photo for our ancilliary task of the poster and edited it in todays media lesson on photoshop... Here is what we did...
^^ Original photo ^^
For this one ^^ we changed it to black and white, flipped it horizontally and changed the contrast and brightness
^^ Original photo ^^
^^Black and white, contrast and brightness changed and coloured the eye in black
This one isn't completely finished but we basically wanted it to be black and white with just the eye still in colour.Sowe had to cut the eye bit out to keep the colour then change the image to black and white and copy the eye back on. We also enhanced the colour of the eye to make it a brighter blue.
Most of these photos will also go on the website.
Monday, 30 November 2009
To Do List...
Ancilliary Tasks. - Website & Poster.
Pre Production;
Pre Production;
- Research into existing horror posters, looking at conventions, aspects we thought looked good etc.
- Research that went in for the website was looking at websites such as the tormented, prom night to look at typical thermes.
- We need to edit the website and make sure it looks proffessional and real.
- For the poster will need to make sure it has all the relevant and promotional information on it. Overall does it look like a real horror poster.
- The website is going to be on weebly so, anyone will be able to view the website.
To Do List...
Main Task.- Trailer.
Pre Production -
Pre Production -
- Research; We looked at different horror movies to get inspiration and ideas.
- We need to edit the filming to make it trailer. -9th Dec. 09
- For distribuion we are going to put our trailer on youtube for viewing and of course our blog. -11th Dec. 09
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
POSITIVE BLOG
3 positive things :)
- we are filming tomorrow
- also tomorrow were taking photos for the website and poster!
- && if we take the right photo the poster will be done!!!
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
The Gaze
- Used in film theory - 1970's
- Refers to the way viewers look at images of people in visual medium
- 'The Male Gaze' - feminist reference to the voyeuristic (for pleasure) way in which men look at women
- Jonathan Schroeder (1998) - 'to gaze implies more than to look at' - psychological relationship of power - 'gazer is superior to the object of the gaze'
- spectators gaze
- intra-diegetic-people looking at each other within the media text
- direct address to the viewer
- look of the camera
- gaze of a bystander
- gaze of an audience within a text
Attention directed:
- towards others
- towards an object
- to oneself
- to the reader/camera
- into middle distance
- 'Visual pleasure and narrative cinema' 1975
- Doesn't consider men looking at men or women looking at women in admiration
- Failure to account for female spectator (women looking at men)
- Only a heterosexual view (homosexual-men looking at men)
Women:
- Chocolate box-half/full smile, hardly any/no teeth on show
- Invitational-emphasis on eyes, looking at camera, head to one side, hint of a smile
- Super-smiler-cheesey grin
- Romantic/sexual-pouting
- Carefree-small smile, relaxed (sport, health)
- Pratical-concentration (handyman)
- Seductive-pout, broody
- Comic-smiley, foolish, exaggerated
- Catalogue-looking in distance, vacant
Stereotypes
Stereotypes are:
Stereotypes usually have an element of truth to them to make them plausible.
Butler
The boundaries are blurring between men and women, the relation between the two is fluid. 'A man can demonstarte feminie qualities the same as a woman can demonstrate masculine qualities and can change from one to the other depending on the context'. Butler calls this a 'sliding scale of gender'.
Negatives of stereotypes:
Our chosen stereotype:GEEK
Appearance:
- a simplified representation of a group/people
- groups people together
- says they are all the same
- reinforces the stereotype
- narrative shortcut
- reflect stereotypes that exist
- criticised for creating stereotypes, but they are usually part of the audiences way of thinking about the world anyway
Stereotypes usually have an element of truth to them to make them plausible.
Butler
The boundaries are blurring between men and women, the relation between the two is fluid. 'A man can demonstarte feminie qualities the same as a woman can demonstrate masculine qualities and can change from one to the other depending on the context'. Butler calls this a 'sliding scale of gender'.
Negatives of stereotypes:
- judgement-basis is usually negative
- don't allow for individual traits
- exertion of power for people outside the stereotype
- countertypes
- media texts attempted to construct new approaches to old stereotypes
- Appearance - physical/clothes/voice
- Behaviour - typical things people are assumed to do
- Attitude - the way people are percieved as thinking
Our chosen stereotype:GEEK
Appearance:
- glasses
- shirt & tie
- too short trousers
- big rucksack bag (laptop, books)
- posh voice
- high pitched laugh
- really clever
- do homework as soon as they get it
- no social life/friends
- read LOTS
- maths as a hobby (sudoku, algebra)
- in a band (trumpet)
- Gretchen (Recess)
- Milhouse (Simpsons)
- Napolean Dynamite
Monday, 16 November 2009
Memento
Memento (2000)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Memento Storyline
Leonard’s wife was assaulted by two men. He got hit on the head trying to save her and suffered memory loss from this and couldn't make new memories so forget things quickly. To remember his condition he had 'Sammy Jenkis' tattooed on his hand. Leonard’s wife had diabetes and he had to inject her insulin for her.
His wife wanted to believe he could get better so told him to give her the insulin 3 times to see if he'd remember but he didn't so she died. Leonard doesn't remember this as him but as Sammy Jenkis, he believes that his wife died when she was assaulted because this is the last permanent memory he has.
The story starts with Leonard on the phone to a police man. He tells him about the Sammy Jenkis story and then about how his wife was raped and murdered and he wants to find the person who did it and kill them. The police man tells Lenny that the murderer is going to be at an abandoned warehouse. He says his name is Teddy and Leonard takes a photo of him so he can remember him.
Lenny goes to the warehouse and kills the man, Jimmy, he thinks murdered his wife.
(This part of the film is all in black and white, is shown in chronological order and put in between the coloured scenes which are in reverse chronological order until the two time lines meet)
Teddy then shows up at the warehouse and tells Lenny that Sammy Jenkis isn't real, that he killed his wife and that Lenny already killed the real John G a year ago with Teddy's help and he thought he would remember it but he doesn't, so Teddy has been using him to kill people by telling Lenny that they are John G.
Lenny takes Jimmy's clothes and car and sets himself up to kill Teddy by taking down his car license plate number to get a tattoo of it so he thinks that Teddy is the John G. He gets the tattoo and then finds a note in his pocket, forgetting he is wearing Jimmy's clothes, to meet Natalie in Ferdys bar thinking it’s for him.
Natalie offers to help Leonard but tricks him into going after a man called Dodd. Lenny assaults Dodd and gets him to leave town. Natalie then traces 'John G's' license plate number and his driving license photo matches the one Leonard has of Teddy. He thinks Teddy is the person who raped and murdered his wife, because obviously he has forgotten what Teddy told him and who he is.
Lenny takes Teddy to the same abandoned warehouse where he murdered Jimmy, and kills Teddy.
(This is the first thing that happens in the film, and works backwards through the events that led up to this).
Directed by Christopher Nolan
- Conforms to many of the the conventions of a typical noir film (a type of film popular in the late 1940's, early 1950's)
- Typical noir film characters - world weary private eye/femme fatale/princess-girl in danger/the patsy or stooge/other assorted dishevelled characters
- It could be argued that this is a postmodern film noir
Memento Storyline
Leonard’s wife was assaulted by two men. He got hit on the head trying to save her and suffered memory loss from this and couldn't make new memories so forget things quickly. To remember his condition he had 'Sammy Jenkis' tattooed on his hand. Leonard’s wife had diabetes and he had to inject her insulin for her.
His wife wanted to believe he could get better so told him to give her the insulin 3 times to see if he'd remember but he didn't so she died. Leonard doesn't remember this as him but as Sammy Jenkis, he believes that his wife died when she was assaulted because this is the last permanent memory he has.
The story starts with Leonard on the phone to a police man. He tells him about the Sammy Jenkis story and then about how his wife was raped and murdered and he wants to find the person who did it and kill them. The police man tells Lenny that the murderer is going to be at an abandoned warehouse. He says his name is Teddy and Leonard takes a photo of him so he can remember him.
Lenny goes to the warehouse and kills the man, Jimmy, he thinks murdered his wife.
(This part of the film is all in black and white, is shown in chronological order and put in between the coloured scenes which are in reverse chronological order until the two time lines meet)
Teddy then shows up at the warehouse and tells Lenny that Sammy Jenkis isn't real, that he killed his wife and that Lenny already killed the real John G a year ago with Teddy's help and he thought he would remember it but he doesn't, so Teddy has been using him to kill people by telling Lenny that they are John G.
Lenny takes Jimmy's clothes and car and sets himself up to kill Teddy by taking down his car license plate number to get a tattoo of it so he thinks that Teddy is the John G. He gets the tattoo and then finds a note in his pocket, forgetting he is wearing Jimmy's clothes, to meet Natalie in Ferdys bar thinking it’s for him.
Natalie offers to help Leonard but tricks him into going after a man called Dodd. Lenny assaults Dodd and gets him to leave town. Natalie then traces 'John G's' license plate number and his driving license photo matches the one Leonard has of Teddy. He thinks Teddy is the person who raped and murdered his wife, because obviously he has forgotten what Teddy told him and who he is.
Lenny takes Teddy to the same abandoned warehouse where he murdered Jimmy, and kills Teddy.
(This is the first thing that happens in the film, and works backwards through the events that led up to this).
Friday, 6 November 2009
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Website Hosting Search.
Today's lesson we looked at different website makers which are free to set up our own website, for our horror film. But most of them have a clause were you have to pay, so we are going to continue looking.x
Monday, 12 October 2009
Miss Hammond's Lesson
'A Collective'
*Relationship
*Togetherness
*We-ness
*Connection
*Shared status
*Community
*Positive feelings for each other
"A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue, or interest, or work together on a specific project to achieve a common object."
'Identity'
*What makes you who you are?
*Your own comprehension of yourself- how you see yourself.
*How others see us
*Appearance
*Attributes
*Clothing
*Experiences
*Rituals
Area's of 'collective Identity.'
*Gender
*Ethnicity
*Sexuality
*Occupation
*Disability
*Social class
*Religion
*Nationality
*Celebrity
*Age
Theory's
On the one hand, identity is something unique to each of us that we assume is more or less consistent (and hence the same) overtime.. our identity is something we uniquely possess: it is what distinguishes us from other people. Yet on the other hand, identity also implies a relationship with a broader collective or social group of some kind. When we talk about national identity, cultural identity, or gender identity, for example, we imply that our identity is partly a matter of what we share with other people. Here, identity is about identification with others whom we assume are similar to us (if not exactly the same), at least in some significant ways.
David Buckingham (2008).
He argues that identity is complicated/complex.
"Identity is complicated. Everyone thinks they've got one. Magazines and talk show hosts urge us to explore our 'identity.' Religious and national identities are at the heart of major international conflicts. Artists play with the idea of 'identity' in modern society. Blockbuster movie superheroes have emotional conflicts about their 'true' identity. And the average teenager can create three online 'identities' before breakfast."
David Gauntlett (2007).
Gauntlett is talking about identity in relation to the media, I think that he tries to explain how ordinary people aspire to be like the people in the media like celebrities. I agree with him somewhat, but I don't think everyone is influenced by someone in the media, or maybe secretly they are. Other things such as parents, family, friends and life experiences also influence your identity, not just the media. However I think even under privileged countries are still influenced by the media, for example they may look up to great athletes, that have come from their country.
David Buckingham 2008.
"A focus on identity requires us to pay close attention to the diverse ways in which media and technologies are used in everyday life and their consequences both for individuals and social groups."
In a summary in order to look at identity you have to look at the media impact. What consequences the media has on people- on the individual.
Different medias which I believe have an impact on identity:
*Magazines
*Newspaper
*Films
*Soap Operas
*Adverts
*Radio
*Music
*Celebrities
*Internet-MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter
*Video games
*Self-help programmes
*Relationship
*Togetherness
*We-ness
*Connection
*Shared status
*Community
*Positive feelings for each other
"A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue, or interest, or work together on a specific project to achieve a common object."
'Identity'
*What makes you who you are?
*Your own comprehension of yourself- how you see yourself.
*How others see us
*Appearance
*Attributes
*Clothing
*Experiences
*Rituals
Area's of 'collective Identity.'
*Gender
*Ethnicity
*Sexuality
*Occupation
*Disability
*Social class
*Religion
*Nationality
*Celebrity
*Age
Theory's
On the one hand, identity is something unique to each of us that we assume is more or less consistent (and hence the same) overtime.. our identity is something we uniquely possess: it is what distinguishes us from other people. Yet on the other hand, identity also implies a relationship with a broader collective or social group of some kind. When we talk about national identity, cultural identity, or gender identity, for example, we imply that our identity is partly a matter of what we share with other people. Here, identity is about identification with others whom we assume are similar to us (if not exactly the same), at least in some significant ways.
David Buckingham (2008).
He argues that identity is complicated/complex.
"Identity is complicated. Everyone thinks they've got one. Magazines and talk show hosts urge us to explore our 'identity.' Religious and national identities are at the heart of major international conflicts. Artists play with the idea of 'identity' in modern society. Blockbuster movie superheroes have emotional conflicts about their 'true' identity. And the average teenager can create three online 'identities' before breakfast."
David Gauntlett (2007).
Gauntlett is talking about identity in relation to the media, I think that he tries to explain how ordinary people aspire to be like the people in the media like celebrities. I agree with him somewhat, but I don't think everyone is influenced by someone in the media, or maybe secretly they are. Other things such as parents, family, friends and life experiences also influence your identity, not just the media. However I think even under privileged countries are still influenced by the media, for example they may look up to great athletes, that have come from their country.
David Buckingham 2008.
"A focus on identity requires us to pay close attention to the diverse ways in which media and technologies are used in everyday life and their consequences both for individuals and social groups."
In a summary in order to look at identity you have to look at the media impact. What consequences the media has on people- on the individual.
Different medias which I believe have an impact on identity:
*Magazines
*Newspaper
*Films
*Soap Operas
*Adverts
*Radio
*Music
*Celebrities
*Internet-MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter
*Video games
*Self-help programmes
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Miss Hammond's Lesson
In today's lesson we did about audience. You need to know as much detail as possible about the audience to be able to attract them, here is the basic information of our target audience which we need to know:
Age of audience - 13-25 years
Gender - male and female
Where they're from - UK, Cities
Socio-economic group - mostly category E, some D's and C2's and possibly some C1's
Existing or new audience - existing
Particular group - students
Interests/lifestyle/values/attitudes - busy, social lifestyle, being with friends/in groups, shopping, cinema, meals, going out(town), parties, driving, Facebook, TV(American shows/reality, comedy shows), fashion, sport, music, drinking, smoking.
We also learnt about the six social categories. I mentioned above that our audience fits into category E, here are the criteria for the six categories:
Category A - professional, higher managerial people ie. MP/surgeon
Category B - middle management, administrative ie. bank manager
Category C1 - junior manager, supervisory ie. personal assistant
Category C2 - skilled manual people ie. plumber/machine worker
Category D - semi-skilled/unskilled ie. cleaner
Category E - casual workers, pensioners, unemployed ie. seasonal worker
These categories help to narrow down who it is exactly that will view your text. This links into the niche market, a specialist/specific market. The niche market is mostly used in advertisement because adverts are aimed at a specific type or group of people. Sky's specific channels like history, sport and drama would use niche market adverts that link to these channels ie. sports channel would advertise energy drinks, sports games, sports clothes etc.
Age of audience - 13-25 years
Gender - male and female
Where they're from - UK, Cities
Socio-economic group - mostly category E, some D's and C2's and possibly some C1's
Existing or new audience - existing
Particular group - students
Interests/lifestyle/values/attitudes - busy, social lifestyle, being with friends/in groups, shopping, cinema, meals, going out(town), parties, driving, Facebook, TV(American shows/reality, comedy shows), fashion, sport, music, drinking, smoking.
We also learnt about the six social categories. I mentioned above that our audience fits into category E, here are the criteria for the six categories:
Category A - professional, higher managerial people ie. MP/surgeon
Category B - middle management, administrative ie. bank manager
Category C1 - junior manager, supervisory ie. personal assistant
Category C2 - skilled manual people ie. plumber/machine worker
Category D - semi-skilled/unskilled ie. cleaner
Category E - casual workers, pensioners, unemployed ie. seasonal worker
These categories help to narrow down who it is exactly that will view your text. This links into the niche market, a specialist/specific market. The niche market is mostly used in advertisement because adverts are aimed at a specific type or group of people. Sky's specific channels like history, sport and drama would use niche market adverts that link to these channels ie. sports channel would advertise energy drinks, sports games, sports clothes etc.
Mr Ford's Lesson
In Mr Ford's lesson we learnt about post modern media. We see media reality as reality, we can't tell the difference between real things and the images of them. A good example of this that Mr Ford showed us from Mr Smith's blog was René Magritte's Cest n'est pas une pipe. If asked what this is most people would say 'a pipe' but Magritte says 'This is not a pipe' below the pipe because actually it is an image of a pipe, it is a representation and 'does not satisfy emotionally'.Post modern media is when the representations get 'remixed' and the maker of the text deliberately show that what they have done isn't real. They represent media reality. Quentin Tarrantino is one of the most famous post modern media film makers. In his film Kill Bill in one of the scenes he shows a birds eye view of the setting but this view makes it clear to the audience that they are filming on a set as there is not ceiling and you can see the top of the walls separating each room. Also the use of blood is very fake and dramatised to make it clear it's just a representation and not real. However most of the films audience would probably just see this as funny, to see blood squirting uncontrollably out of someones arm but its done for a reason beyond that, to make it obvious that what you are seeing is fake and not reality.
Other examples of media reality: the Cadbury's gorilla advert, The Mighty Boosh and Pulp Fiction.
It is unfortunate that as we want our trailer to feel as real as possible we won't be able to use this concept in our work but it does really interest me so I may research into it further to see if I can find a way of using or making our trailer post modern media.
Miss Hammond's Lesson
Last week in Miss Hammond's theory lesson we went over the basic keywords we should know to do with media. There were a few I didn't know about:
Denotation - literal meaning, what you immediately see
Connotation - assumptions, linking what you see to something
Anchorage - linking text to image
Ideologies - beliefs/ideas that are challenged or upheld
I will need to start using these terms when talking about media text including the trailer.
We also recapped the narrative theorists used in media:
Todorov - all films begin with an equilibrium (a calm/normal state), then a disruption, an action or conflict, causes the disequilibrium (unsettled state), and finally the conflict is resolved and the calm state is restored as there is a new equilibrium.
Barthes - suggested narratives use five codes: action, enigma, semic, symbolic, cultural. The most known is the enigma code which means the narrative will create mysteries as it goes along.
Propp - researched Folk Talkes and found they always featured 8 specific character roles: villain, hero, donor, helper, princess, her father, dispatcher, false hero. These can easily be related to films and programmes from today's era.
Levi-Strauss - binary oppositions - the ideologies of the opposition/conflict.
Denotation - literal meaning, what you immediately see
Connotation - assumptions, linking what you see to something
Anchorage - linking text to image
Ideologies - beliefs/ideas that are challenged or upheld
I will need to start using these terms when talking about media text including the trailer.
We also recapped the narrative theorists used in media:
Todorov - all films begin with an equilibrium (a calm/normal state), then a disruption, an action or conflict, causes the disequilibrium (unsettled state), and finally the conflict is resolved and the calm state is restored as there is a new equilibrium.
Barthes - suggested narratives use five codes: action, enigma, semic, symbolic, cultural. The most known is the enigma code which means the narrative will create mysteries as it goes along.
Propp - researched Folk Talkes and found they always featured 8 specific character roles: villain, hero, donor, helper, princess, her father, dispatcher, false hero. These can easily be related to films and programmes from today's era.
Levi-Strauss - binary oppositions - the ideologies of the opposition/conflict.
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