This document contains analyses of various media concepts including stereotypes, iconography, narratives, and a clip from Star Wars. It discusses common stereotypes associated with gender, class, and age. Iconography for western, sci-fi, and fantasy genres is outlined. Narratives are defined as linear or non-linear and examples are provided. Finally, the Star Wars clip is analyzed in terms of costumes, props, sounds, colors, lighting, and how they convey the characters as good or evil.

1. Theory- Meaning
Luke Young

2. Snake
• Denotation- long slimy
cold deadly limbless
• Connotation
untrustworthy-evil-
venomous devil like
tongue

3. Flag
• Denotation red white and
blue flag what represents
the united kingdom
• Connotation
freedom/freewill power
three flags into one

4. Gun
• Denotation
– metal-primitive-a weapon
what can fire a bullet what
can harm someone or an
animal
• Connotation-deadly-blood-
violence-power

5. Color/Lightening
The creator for the
cover of star wars
battlefront created this
poster based of one of
the films. The colors of
the walkers in the
middle are gray so that
could suggest that the
walkers are bad. The
colors in the are black
and red so then you
could say what planet
they are on is warm
from the red so that
could be lava and then
there are black rocks so
it could suggest that
they are on a volcano
Props
The props on this
game are the
fighter ships the big
ship behind the
clouds the walkers
and the crashed
ship what the
character Is stud on.
The two fighter
ships are fighting
together so that
says that the game
involves violence

6. Costume
The costume of the
character is witcher 3
where's chainmail armor
so that can suggest that
the character is good and
the blue on his wrists
could also suggest that
he is a good character
because bad characters
normally have red to
suggest that they are
bad
Location
The location in withcer 3
is a fantasy world where
there are monsters and
magic. It is set in a
medieval period so the
monsters and magic fit in
the game well
Colours
The colours of this game are
bright like red blue green but
when you get to some parts of
the it gets dark so that will be
brown black grey and that is to
create effect for the game

7. Location
The location of forza horizon 3 is based in Australia
Colours
The colours in this game
will be quite bright
because you go from
been in a city to been in
the desert so for the
colours it will be green
red blue orange and
colours for the cars and
that will range from
other colours such as
black yellow grey pink
etc. the game offers
more for colours such as
the sea and sky
buildings people and
much more
Lighting
The game has good
lighting such as
shadows to the sun at
night from lights and
the moon. And form
the poster has good
lighting on it because
of the colours on it and
what you can see

8. Soundtrack
• Clip 1-this one sounds more
from a horror film because
of the high pitch nose and it
sounds like something is
going to happen like a jump
scare
• Clip 2 it sounds like a intro
to a film like Disney or a
fantasy film due to the
sound what the music is like

9. Shining
• The music makes the shining sound more of a
romantic comedy
• What words they say in it make sound like
more of a romantic comedy
• The music has changed so it was scary and its
now romantic comedy music

10. Scary Mary
• The music what they have added to make it
sound more scary with the parts what they
take out of the film with when she floats down
from the sky and when she is watching people
and then that makes it feel like she is going to
attack someone. The parts from the film
makes it seem creepy so when they added the
music it made it seem more of a horror then
what it was before

11. Stereotypes
Men
• Strong
• Drinking
• Dominant
• Loud
• Lazy
• Should be incharge
Women
• Weak
• Innocent stay at
home/house wife
• Quiet
• Do house work

12. Stereotypes
Upper Class
• Posh
• Stuck up
• Expensive things
• Educated wealthy
Working Class
• Poor
• Cant afford stuff
• Average stuff
• Poorly educated

13. Stereotypes
Old People
Get the news paper
• Don’t work/do
anything
• Do old way of doing
stuff in their lives
Young People
• Go out
• Technology
• Violent
• Healthy
• Lazy

14. Iconography- Western
• Barren, cactus,
cowboy/miners/sheriffs/outlaws/ native
Indians
• Saloons, horses
• Violence, weapons

15. Iconography- Sci-Fi
• Space-laser weapons-space ships-aliens-good
vs bad-robots/cyborg people-the location has
changed so its less how it is now

16. Iconography- Fantasy
• Castles- animals such as dragons- weapons-
games- worlds- city's/towns- monsters-magic

17. Narrative
• Narrative Definition
– Is a written account of the story of the film/game and the events what will
happen
• Linear Narrative Definition- start middle end
• Linear Narrative Film Example Dunkirk because it was an events that has
happened in history
Non-Linear Narrative Definition where events are put into chronological
order. this is used to remake events that have already happened
• Non-Linear Narrative Film Example Sherlock homes where he has
flashbacks from the war

18. Clip Analysis
• Darth Vader-Full black clothing red eyes red light saber to show that he is bad. The
colour black shows that he is evil. And a mask to hide his identity
• Ezra-Bright clothing no mask blue coloured light saber to show that he is good
• Music to this is when they are fighting they have intense music on and when they are
flying away and Darth Vader is watching them there Darth Vader's iconic music
• Sounds- when they throw the bombs and when they blow up it sounds like a actual
bomb so it sound realistic. When the parts fall onto Darth is sounds like metal falling
from a distance to make a bang and sound like something heavy is falling
• For the props darth vader has a red light saber to show that he is ad and that also
shows that he is evil where as the other characters have blue light sabers so show that
they are good and do good things like fight against the bad
• Colour of the video is quite dark because what location they are at or its at night
• The lighting in this is mostly from the lights shining on them and from the lights sabers
what are mostly red and blue other from the blasters what would be red and the
lighting in this lights the floor