2. How the camera angle can represent a character.
If the camera is at a high angle looking down on the character/s it will make them look
small. If the camera is at a low angle looking up it can show the character is dominant and
confident. If the angle is neither of these it will be a mid angle. The focus and framing on a
character can show how important a character is.
How the costume can represent a character.
The colours that a character wears can show their personality. If the character is supposed to
be particularly rich or poor this could be shown through what they wear. The same goes for
age groups and different cultural groups. A lot of this is based on stereotypes.
How the mise-en-scene can represent a character.
The mise-en-scene has a lot to do with how a character is shown. This could be the colour
most prominent within a scene or a set or the décor around the character. Props could also
give things away about the character’s personality.
How a place can be represented.
Representation isn’t exclusively about a person or people, a place will be represented in a
certain way too. The lighting and editing helps to achieve this.
Representation
3. Sound:
Non Diegetic, Diegetic, Asynchronous, Contrapuntal.
Camera:
Birds eye view, High angle, Low angle, Extreme long shot, Long
shot, Mid shot, Close up, Extreme Close up, Panning, Tracking.
Codes:
Actions and Enigma Codes.
Narrative:
Non-Linear and Linear.
Media Language
4. What is a target audience?
Every film or television programme will have a certain target
audience and this can be as broad or as small as the company decide.
How an audience can be reached.
There are certain things within a film or television programme that
will interest certain people and these will need to be maximised and
advertised in order to reach the audience. They need to be able to
sympathise and relate to the characters within the show.
Audience
6. The narrative of a film or show is the storyline and the plot. The
story can be set out in a linear, chronological way or in a non -linear
way.
What happens, the
characters, interruptions, problems, reasons, cause and effect, the
beginning, middle and end, redemption, outcome.
Narrative
