Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Halloween II
The films poster has low key lighting which comes from the background. The background is very dark and gloomy and shows thunder and rain which connotates horror,shock and terror, therefore it creates an impression that the film is likely to have a connection with murder and some sort of terror and schock as you see the masked man holding a knife.
The poster shows a masked man holding a knife as if he is just about to stab someone which connotates that the movie involves death involving knives.
The camera shot used in this shot is medium shot to capture the thunder in the background along with the masked man holding a knife. The use of the thunder in the background shows that the movie is not glamorous and involves darkness as killing is involved in the film and all this links together to show that the film is a horror film.
The fonts of the poster are different as the font that says 'halloween II' is made up of fire to connote hell.
Monday, 5 October 2009
Media Definitions
1) Anchorage - used in images to show the meaning of an image to state a certain point e.g. captions underneath pictures
2) Cropping - when an image is cut to either show a certain aspect or to suit space in a particular print e.g. in magazines and newspapers
3) Semiotics - the study of signs - having a meaning for every moving image
4) Juxtaposition - when two things are put next to each other but are the opposite of each other to cause a certain affect e.g. birth and death
5) Mise-en-scene - everything on the set of a single shot e.g. different props, people etc.
6) Homage - when a director pays tribute to another director by including images, scenes or stylistic features just like the other director to show his/her importance.
7) Demographics - information about the social status, class, gender of the population
8) Psychographics - Using the demographics of a certain area of the population to arbitrate attitudes and taste
9) Binary Opposition - Narratives structured around oppositional elements in human culture e.g. good and evil, life and death
10) Iconography - Distinguishing elements, in terms of props and visual details, which charaterise a genre
2) Cropping - when an image is cut to either show a certain aspect or to suit space in a particular print e.g. in magazines and newspapers
3) Semiotics - the study of signs - having a meaning for every moving image
4) Juxtaposition - when two things are put next to each other but are the opposite of each other to cause a certain affect e.g. birth and death
5) Mise-en-scene - everything on the set of a single shot e.g. different props, people etc.
6) Homage - when a director pays tribute to another director by including images, scenes or stylistic features just like the other director to show his/her importance.
7) Demographics - information about the social status, class, gender of the population
8) Psychographics - Using the demographics of a certain area of the population to arbitrate attitudes and taste
9) Binary Opposition - Narratives structured around oppositional elements in human culture e.g. good and evil, life and death
10) Iconography - Distinguishing elements, in terms of props and visual details, which charaterise a genre
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