LO3 - Meaning within Media Products






PASS GRADE NOTES: Basic details that show an understanding of the key elements of codes and conventions of media products

 MERIT GRADE NOTES: Clear details that that show a good understanding of the key elements of codes and conventions of media products

 DISTINCTION GRADE NOTES: Thorough details that show a strong understanding of the key elements of codes and conventions of media products

This part of the unit will be about Genre conventions, shot types, editing and everything in between.


 Task 1

 Research the following media products and create a Google slide on codes and conventions: What is typical in these products, what makes them that genre

 ▸First Person Shooters

 ▸Prime time TV sitcoms

 ▸Disney animated film

 ▸Half hour soap opera (Eastenders, Corrie etc.)

Use this for help


 CODES & CONVENTIONS - Camerawork
Camera Shot types 

Watch THIS & then THIS 

Whilst you watch the videos use THIS DOCUMENT to write what connotation and denotations some shots can have. Use examples from films/TV shows 


Here is some help 



COMPOSITION & FRAMING 

The organisation of elements within the frame

•Symmetry/asymmetry for emphasis

•Depth of field - using focus to make the viewer concentrate on elements

•The rule of thirds - an imaginary 3x3 grid that can be used to make


Composition and Framing RUlES - Watch this 
Camera task - Shot types & movements

 You will be presented with a short clip from the BBC TV show ‘Line of Duty'

 Work in PAIRS to try to correctly identify every shot and camera movement
Editing - Cuts & Transitions


Editing - Codes & Conventions 
Editing Task - Presentation


Go to YouTube and find a 2-3 minute clip from a recent blockbuster mainstream Hollywood film. Can be multiple films.

Use this DOCUMENT and start to analyse where you identify three key moments of editing and the effect that they have on the action


Watch This for Help

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAH0MoAv2CI




CODES & CONVENTIONS - MISE EN SCENE & SOUND

Understanding Mise en Scene and Sounds are important to help explain how a scene is built and the impact or effect the convention has on the audience. 


Using the Document before (in editing section) start to analyse these two media texts. Remember to describe, explain and analyse a specific example from the texts. 

Your example must be specific and have at least 2 in each box.

How effectively can codes and conventions be used to create meaning within media texts.


PRACTICAL TASK 

Using THIS SCENARIO you will plan and shoot using camera techniques, sound, mise en scene and editing 

You will plan and shoot one scenario and then shoot again to change the meaning using different shots, mise en scene etc. For example camera angles low to then high (Change the meaning and outcome)

Basically you will choose one genre and then film again to see if you can create meaning for a different genre!

You will need to plan a shot list with camera movement, mise en scene, location, props etc. Use the documents below to plan in your first lesson and then film in the next. 


LO3 - Part 2

UNDERSTAND HOW MEANING IS
CREATED IN MEDIA PRODUCTS -
PRINT MEDIA

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