MIL 5 - Media and Information Languages
MIL 5 - Media and Information Languages
MIL 5 - Media and Information Languages
LITERACY
(MIL)
Movie Descriptio
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GENRE ANALYSIS
GENRE AND CODES
GENRE
• Media products can be classified into categories or genre.
• Media genres appear within a medium (film, television) such as
the "horror" film or the television "situation comedy".
• Is a French word for “type or “kind”.
GENRES CATEGORY
• Newswriting (Journalistoic Genres)
• TV entertainment programs
• Literary writing
• TV News
• Etc.
ROLE OF GENRE IN UNDERSTANDING
MEDIA MESSAGES
Over the
Shoulder
ADVANCE CAMERA SHOTS
ADVANCE CAMERA SHOTS
Selective
Focus shot
ADVANCE CAMERA SHOTS
Arc shot
CODES IN MEDIA MESSAGES
CODES IN MEDIA MESSAGES
2. Visual/Symbolic Codes
-Show what is beneath the surface of what we see (objects,
setting, body language, clothing, color, etc. )
CODES IN MEDIA MESSAGES
3. Written Codes
-It uses language style and textual layout (headlines,
captions, speech bubbles, language style, etc.)