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Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Repertoire of Elements

When I research and analyise any media text I will use the Repertoire of Elements to help me analyise the texts in more depth.
Characters -  The characters with in the piece. Not only what they look like but their personality and who or what they repesent. (For example: Road Movies normally have characters which are criminals or have some sort of problem.)
Audience - The type of audience that are likely to enjoy the movie, not just the 'target audience' but the audience would want to see this movie. (For example: People who see Road Movies are people who would enjoying seeing development in plot and characters.)
Settings - The various settings that are likely to be seen in the film. (For example in Road Movies the settings are normal road and diners.)
Themes - The themes that films show or represent. (For exmaple in Road Movies the themes are likely to be along the lines of redemption.

Style - The style of the film is the camera and editing, such as the type of shots that are used the pace of the editing and how this combined helps tell the story. (For exmaple in Road Movies, the film is made up of mostly long shots and this along with the other elements of the film help to create the style of the film that shows urgency.
Iconography - The iconography in a film is the use of props or settings or any thing is the film that is iconic and is a connotation of the genre. (For example a knife would be iconic for the Slasher Horror Genre).
Narrative - The narrative of the film is the way in which the shots are put together to form a story, slight changes to a narrative can drastically change the genre of the text.

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