MIL CAMERA SHOTS

• Media Languages


  Codes, conventions, formats, symbols and narrative structures that indicate the meaning of media messages to an audience
• Denotative meaning


  The literal meaning of the media text
• Connotative meaning

  The various interpretations that the text suggests to the audience which are often associated with their culture, values, beliefs, etc.
• Codes


  Systems of signs that when put together create meaning
• Semiotics


  The study of signs
• Types of codes


  • Symbolic codes
  • Written codes
  • Technical codes
• Symbolic codes


  Audience-based, the meaning of the product is not based on the product itself but on the interpretation of the audience
• Symbolic codes in media

  • Setting
  • Mise en scene
  • Acting
  • Color
• Setting


  The time and place of the narrative or a specific scene
• Mise en scene


  Everything within the frame, describing all the features (set design, costume, props, staging)
• Acting


  The portrayal of the actors in creating media products
• Color


  Highly connotative when it comes to interpretations, usually associated with cultural aspects
• Written codes


  Use of language style and textual layout (headlines, captions, speech bubbles, language style, etc.)
• Technical codes


  Ways in which equipment is used to tell the story - this includes sound, camera angles, types of shots and lighting as well as camera techniques, framing, depth of field, lighting, exposure and juxtaposition
• Camera shots

  • Extreme long shot
  • Long shot
  • Medium long shot
  • Full shot
  • Medium close shot
  • Close up shot
  • Extreme close up shot
• Camera angles


  • Eye-level shot
  • High-angle shot
  • Low-angle shot
  • Aerial shot
• Conventions


  The recognized ways of using media codes
• Types of conventions


  • Form conventions
  • Story conventions
  • Genre conventions
• Form conventions


  Ways in which the types of media codes are expected to be arranged
• Story conventions


  The basic structures of narratives
• Genre conventions


  A significant element in delivering media texts, all media texts are made with a target audience in mind
• Stakeholders

  People or organizations that share the same interests or intentions
• Media producers


  The people who initiate, plan, and produce media texts
• Audience

  A significant element in delivering media texts, all media texts are made with a target audience in mind