Media Techniques

Media Language - Music Videos

The four main areas of media language are...

-Cinematography

-Editing

-Mise-en-scene

-Sound

Cinematography

Cinematography refers to how the camera is used

Movement:

-Tilt (pivot up and down)

-Crane (move up and down)

-Pan (pivot left and right)

-Track (move forward and back and left or right

High angle (birds eye view and aerial shots) - looking down (making someone look vulnerable)

Low angle (worms eye view looking up making someone appear powerful)

Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene means everything within the frame! You can remember it easily with C.L.A.M.P.S.

Costume - What are the characters wearing? 

The characters are a man and woman, which are wearing casual clothes. These people are a couple.

Lighting - Is it High Key (bright) or Low Key (Dark)?

Where the camera shot is, it is a High key, but in the background it is a Low Key, because its night time.

Actors

Make up

Props

Setting

Sound

Sound is divided in to two categories

Diegetic - Is when the characters can hear something in the film

Non Diegetic - Is when the movie has music playing, but only the audience can hear it.

Editing

Editing is the method of construction - The style, pace and techniques in which a film is made.

Cut - The cut from one shot to the next

Fade - When a shot fades in a colour, this is usually black or white

Dissolve - When one shot dissolves into the next