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This is primarily from my lesson here at school it could be somehow related to other grade eleven lesson, just a reminder i am studying at a public this ppt might lack something on what your looking for, this contains alots on insight for introduction of the subject Media Information Literacy for upcoming or incoming rather grade eleven students i do recommend you to search for the words that is hard to understand since this lesson are a hit lacking and also contains mistake during its making. Reminder my strand Accountancy Business Management so if you don't have the same strand we could probably have differ lesson or introduction this lesson would be more compatible for students who has the same strand as me.
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Media and information literacy Lesson 7
Objectives: 1. Discuss concepts of codes, codes and other media languages 2. Produce and assesses the codes, convention, and messages of a group presentation
3. Present an issue in varied ways to disseminate information using codes, convention and languages of media Objectives:
What did you learned in our previous lesson?
Observe in the given picture and give your short description? 1. What information do you get from the symbol? 2. How is the symbol presented in terms of color, fonts, and design?
The information that you get looking at the symbol is actually the message of the symbol itself. Understanding the language of media is a skill that you must acquire.
WHAT IS YOUR SHORT DESCRIPTIO N OF THIS FF. FILMS
WHAT IS YOUR SHORT DESCRIPTIO N OF THIS FF. FILMS
GENRE, CODE, AND CONVENTIONS
It is a French word which means “ Kind ” or “ Categories ” and mean class of things that can be broken down into subcategories . GENRE
The primary genres that media creators and producers invoke are the following: entertainment , news , information , education , and advertising.
These sample of sub-category of some of the given primary genre 1. News 2. Entertainment
1. News These are stories that have critical importance to community and national life. News stories are also told following the basic structure of beginning, middle and end.
Major Division for News stories: Hard or straight news ; Feature , Soft News , Investigative News , Opinion
2. Entertainment It is derived from the French word “ attention, keep busy, or amused
This a comprehensive movie genres list 1. Action movies 2. Adventure movies 3. Comedy films 4. Drama 5. Horror film 7 . Romance movies 6. Thriller movies 8. War/Conflict movies
1. Action movies require stunts, set pieces, explosions, guns, and karate
2. Adventure movies are usually built around a quest.
3. Comedy films usually are written with a few laughs a scene
4. Drama is regularly mashed up with other genres because most movies and tv rely on character-driven stories to keep the audience involved
5. Horror film focuses on adrenaline rides for the audience that dial in the gore, scares and creative monsters.
6. Thriller movies This is usually linked with horror, action, and drama, but thrillers are about exciting situations that have constant danger
7 . Romance movies are about people coming together, falling apart, and all the hurdles in between. Love is a universal language
8. War/Conflict movies are about POWs, men in foxholes, tanks, and planes
CODE These are system of signs that when put together create meaning.
Type of Codes 1. Technical Codes 2. Symbolic Codes 3. Written Codes
1. Technical Codes The way in which equipment is used to tell the story (camera techniques, framing, depth of fields, lighting and etc.)
Camera Techniques Shot of, e.g a large crow or a view of scenery as far horizon. 1. Extreme Wide Shot
Camera Techniques 2. Wide Shot A view of situation or setting from a distance
Camera Techniques 3. Medium Shot a subject down to his or her waist with a space above to his or her head
Camera Techniques 4. Medium Close- up Shows a subject down to his or her chest with a space above to his or her head
Camera Techniques 5. Close- up A full screen shot of a subject face
Camera Techniques 6. Two Shot A two shot is a type of shot in which the frame encompasses two people
Camera Techniques 7. Cut Away is the interruption of a continuous shot by inserting a shot of something else
Camera Techniques 8. Over the Shoulder is a camera angle used in film and television, where the camera is placed above the back of the shoulder and head of a subject
Camera Techniques 9. Point of View is an angle that shows what a character is looking at.
Camera Techniques 10. Selective Focus Using a shallow depth of field the subject can be rendered in sharp focus with the rest of the image blurring into the image foreground and background.
Camera Techniques 10. Selective Focus
Camera Techniques 11. Eye-Level It refers to when the level of your camera is placed at the same height as the eyes of the characters in your frame.
Camera Techniques 11. Eye-Level
Camera Techniques 12. High Angle It is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up“.
Camera Techniques 12. High Angle
Camera Techniques 13. Low Angle It is a shot from a camera angle positioned It is a shot from a camera angle positioned upward.
Camera Techniques 13. Low Angle
Camera Techniques 14. Bird's Eye View A shot in which the camera shoots a scene from directly overhead.
Camera Techniques 15. Worm ' Eye View Is a shot that is looking up from the ground, and is meant to give the viewer the feeling that they are looking up at the character from way below and it is meant to show the view that a child or a pet would have.
Camera Techniques 15. Worm ' Eye View
2. Symbolic Codes It shows what is beneath the surface of what we see (objects, setting, body language, clothing, color, etc.)
Setting is the time and place of the narrative
Mise en Scene It is a French term that means ‘everything with media terms it has become to mean the description of all the objects within a frame of the media product and how they have been arranged.
Mise en Scene
Acting Actors portray characters in media products and contribute to character development, creating tension or advancing the narrative
Acting
Color Color has highly cultural and strong connotations.
3. Written Codes These are the formal written language used in a media product. It can be used to advance a narrative, communicate information about a character or issues and themes.
CONVENTIONS These are the accepted ways of using media codes. These are closely connected to the audience expectations of a media product
TYPES OF CONVENTIONS 1. Form conventions 2. Story Conventions 3. Genre Conventions
1. Form conventions These are the certain ways we expect be arranged beginning, and then credits at the end. Newspapers will have a masthead, the most important news on the front page and sports news on the back page
2. Story Conventions These are common narrative structures and understandings that are common in story telling media products
Examples of story conventions include: Narrative structures Cause and effect Character construction Point of View
3. Genre Conventions It points to the common use of tropes, characters, settings or themes in a particular type of medium.
3. Genre Conventions Genre conventions are closely linked with audience expectations
Activity: Do a Thing! Single out a commercial on television answer the following question. Name all the elements you hear and see (People, places, time or historical period, objects, ways of life and even identity. Where is the setting? Since this was a shot using a camera, try to discern the language of the camera by listing the angles and corresponding scene that it tries to capture. What is the beginning, middle and end? Are there memorable lines or visual effects? What makes it memorable?
G eneralization Genres are defined as
Activity You are going to apply the 15 camera techniques.