Material is well presented within the blog here with good use made of graphics to identify genres in a visually engaging way. As a development, you could now try using an online media tool such as Prezi to deliver an objective of this kind. This would allow you to annotate graphics and integrate video in your analysis.
You successfully list a number of conventions from each of the three genres you’ve chosen to explore: western, science fiction and action/adventure.
Your paraphrasing of what is meant by the media specific terms “convention” and “code” is fairly good.
However, you do not go on to explore technical codes at work. This is an area for development. Anchor yourself with a specific moving image extract and explore how technical elements such as CAMERA, SOUND, MISE-EN-SCÈNE, EDITING or SPECIAL EFFECTS (which may also be conventions of the genre) are used to: communicate with / manipulate / engage the audience; and lead the audience to understand / think / feel / expect certain things.
Material is well presented within the blog here with good use made of graphics to identify genres in a visually engaging way. As a development, you could now try using an online media tool such as Prezi to deliver an objective of this kind. This would allow you to annotate graphics and integrate video in your analysis.
ReplyDeleteYou successfully list a number of conventions from each of the three genres you’ve chosen to explore: western, science fiction and action/adventure.
Your paraphrasing of what is meant by the media specific terms “convention” and “code” is fairly good.
However, you do not go on to explore technical codes at work. This is an area for development. Anchor yourself with a specific moving image extract and explore how technical elements such as CAMERA, SOUND, MISE-EN-SCÈNE, EDITING or SPECIAL EFFECTS (which may also be conventions of the genre) are used to: communicate with / manipulate / engage the audience; and lead the audience to understand / think / feel / expect certain things.
A good homework. D