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Write a list or draw a mind map
How many can you think of in 3 mins?
Types of media
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The Media is a channel of communication from producer to audience.Producers create MEDIA TEXTS which we consume everyday e.g:• advertisements• DVD covers• CD covers• newspaper front pages• magazines /comics• radio sequences• Films• television programmes• music videos• websites• computer games
What is Media?
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AS Media Studies – WJEC
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To understand the outline of the courseTo begin to understand key terminology
Learning Objectives
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AS Media StudiesWhat will I study?• Textual Analysis• Audience• Representation
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How will I be assessed?
• MS1 - Examination - 2 ½ hours (50%)• MS2 - Coursework – 1 Pre Production
task and a linked Production and a written reflective report (50%)
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AS Media Examination topics• 1 Question – Textual analysis of an
unseen text (print or moving image) 40 marks
• 2 Questions on media representations and audience responses (30 marks each)
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AS Media Coursework• Pre-production task (20 marks); • Production which develops from the pre-production (40
marks) • 1200 – 1600 word Reflective report on the production
process (40 marks)• Group work for the production is only allowed for
audio-visual productions (group size no more than 3)
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Pre-Productions:
Productions = linked music videos
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For the mock exam we will concentrate on two elements that will come up in the exam:• Textual analysis• Audience
• Once the exam is over, we will begin the coursework element of the course.
Mock exam – November 2015
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• 1. Textual Analysis• 2. Audience Response• 3. Representations
What is the Media Studies Exam about?
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• All media texts are constructed and made up of codes
• It is your job as media students to recognise, analyse and then discuss the range of codes used in a text
• Use the following as a guide and you cant go wrong!
Media codes
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CPE• Codes – signs in the text that give us
clues to the meaning• Purpose – Why have these codes
been used, to develop the narrative, involve the audience create tension?
• Effect – what is the effect on the audience? Does a POV shot in a horror make them feel uncomfortable?
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The 3 Codes1. Technical Codes • Camera shots, movement and angles• Editing – pace and type• Use of lighting2. Audio Codes• Diegetic and non diegetic sound• Dialogue• Sound effects• Music • Voice over
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3. Visual Codes• Mise en scene e.g:
– Clothing– Props/Setting– Expression/Gesture
• Use of colour• Iconography – objects, setting and backgrounds
which have become symbolic of a genre• Graphics
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• Camera shots, movement and angles
1. Technical Codes
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Establishing Shot (EST)• This ESTABLISHES where the action takes place - sets
the scene• Often an exterior shot • Usually a Wide Shot (WS)
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Wide Shot (WS) or Extreme Long shot• Often (but not always) used as an
establishing shot• The point of this shot is to show the
subject's surroundings
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Long Shot (LS)• A shot which shows all or most of a fairly large subject
(for example, a person) and usually much of the surroundings
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Medium Long Shot (MLS)• Knees to head with some background
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Medium Shot (MS)
• Waist to head
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Medium Two Shot (M2S)• Similar to a MS, but with two people
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Medium Close Up (MCU)• Head and shoulders
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Close Up (CU)• Shows a character's face• Used to show emotion
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Big Close Up (BCU)• Forehead to chin• Used to show extreme emotion
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Extreme Close Up (ECU)• A very tight shot, for example someone’s eye or a
door handle
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Over The Shoulder (OTS)• Used during a conversation• MCU + the other person’s shoulder/head/back etc
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Deep Shot (DS)• When something is in the foreground and something else is in
the background
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Camera Angles• Camera Angle: position of the camera• High Angle: looking down• Low Angle: looking up• Canted Framing: frame is not levelled, appearing
tipped
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Overhead Shot (OH) or Bird’s eye View
• Camera will be directly over the objects/actors
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High Angle (H/A)• Could be used to make the object/person look
powerless
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Low Angle (L/A)• Could be used to make the object/person powerful
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Canted angle• Used for dramatic effect and helps portray unease,
disorientation, frantic or desperate action, intoxication, madness, etc.
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• Use your checklist to recreate all of the shot types and angles.
• If you don’t have a camera or a smart phone then you may borrow one.
H/W – due Tues 15th Sept
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Camera Movement• Pan: movement of the
camera from left to right vice versa on a tripod, produces space horizontally
• Track: camera follows the object
• Crane Shot: moving through the air in any direction on a crane
• Steadicam: smooth shot, when camera is moved very fast
• Tilt: camera movement by swivelling upward or downward, Producing space vertically
• Zoom lens: lens that change during a shot
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Camera movement• Tracking – the camera follows the action by moving along
with the characters along a small track
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The Tilt Shot• The camera moves up and down from a fixed point
(on a tripod).
See the opening sequence of Pretty Woman when Julia Roberts is dressing
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The Panning Shot• The camera moves left and right from a fixed tripod.
Good for showing the vast landscape
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Zooming• The camera stays fixed but the focus moves in or out• Simultaneous track and zoom – the camera
moves forward but zooms out at the same time – the object stays in the same position but the background which looks quite disorientating
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Hand held/ steadicam• Steadicam - a camera is fixed to cameraman
so that it can move around and mimic the actors movement