LO3 Codes And Conventions

Genre - Means certain types of group.
Narrative - Story, plot
Representation - How the media shows different groups
all known as Macro meanings
Macro ideas are made of micro elements
4 micro categories

•  mise- en - scene - what we see e.g location, props, costumes, lighting, acting gestures, iconography and colour
• camera work
• sound
• editing

code and conventions are the ingredients to a specific genre of product.

Fantastic four task - sci-fi
Location - New York,space
props - space weapons, not normal objects science tech
costumes - unusual costumes like brick man and long man superhero clothes, army costumes
lighting - dark and mysterious or bright beaming light
acting gestures - dramatic and mysterious, relatable gestures
iconography - set in space, America tall buildings
colour - mystical blue colour and dark colours