Savannah's A-Level Media Blog - Exam

Narrative: Blog Task Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium is seen in a variety of movies and programmes. An example of this is in Jumanji (2017). The equilibrium would be the ordinary life of 4 teens, the disequilibrium would be when they are sucked into the game, the new equilibrium would be when they have to complete tasks to exit the game.  Analysis Task: In this clip from Game of Thrones, narrative markers are used to help establish setting, character and plot to the audience. The geographical marker suggests that this scene is set in a tropical country, quite similar to ones in the middle east, that typically has a hot climate. This is portrayed through the sandy earth surrounding them. The dialect acts as a historical/temporal marker. The audience would not be familiar with this language as it is not a language spoken within any culture of this century, this could suggest to the audience that this was set within a different era (wel...

Genre: blog tasks The author addresses the importance of visual iconographies. They state that codes and conventions, most commonly, are considered as coming from the iconographies. They continue to say that visual iconographies are enough to act alone however they can also work together to indicate the genre.  The importance of narrative has been discussed in the article. The author states that narrative, apart from visual and aural codes, can be a way of identifying genre. Some genres have particular types of storylines. However, different genres might have the same plot but they will have a different narrative, this is what makes the two genres distinguishable. In an action movie, there is typically one 'heroic' person, a lone wolf. Whereas disaster movies feature a group of heroic people that all have different characteristics and/or one distinct strength. Different ways that films can be categorised according to Bordwell: Period or Country (US films of the 1930s) Director ...

  Semiotics: blog tasks English  by Tarun Thind analysis The audience is made to think negatively of the two characters at the beginning of the film. The two young males are portrayed as menacing individuals that cause a commotion. This is presented through the way they act and also their costume. Tracksuits, hoodies, and hats usually have negative connotations in urban movies when they are worn by young men that come from an urban background.  The end of the film emphasises de Saussure’s belief that signs are polysemic. The two character's lack of understanding and communication skills toward people that approach them is initially interpreted as them being defiant and ill-mannered, it is then revealed that this is because they are two deaf individuals that communicate through sign language.  Media Magazine theory drop: Semiotics  Ferdinand de Saussure suggests that the two parts that make up a sign are the signifier and the signified.  Polysemy is a word, ...