Zane's Aice Media Studies Blog

 The surrounding elements of the place  The cuture of the setting of the scene is quite exident. Everyone in England has an accent, and they drive cars on the left side of the road. I know this because of the cars driving on the left side of the road in the scene and the people from the area that spoke with an accent in the scene. The area they are in is under a social hierarchy. My reason for knowing this is because the clothing, word choice and vehicle they were driving in the scene. One of the people the family encountered drove a red car with no scratches, wore sit, and used in offensive term whilst conversating. Another drove a car that had a little dent, wore khaki pants, a sweater over a shirt and tie, and was polite. The last person they encountered wore a hat, a coat, a shirt and tie, with dark colored pants, was overly polite to the point he was ignorant of his injurles and rode a bike. The mood of the scene was very welcoming.  The reason for the scene giving a...

 Genre in film are the categories that we put film such as horror, comedy, action and etc. There are also hybrid genres which a mixture of two different genre. A subgenre is an element of a main genre example slasher and gothic are subgenres of horror. Genre is important because it lets the audience know what type of film, they will end up watching letting them know what type of films they like so when a new film comes, the audience will watch it if they like a certain genre. I have three major genres that I like a lot first being adventure, Second action, and lastly comedy. I like adventure because of the journey they usually have they also very beautiful scenes because they almost always take place somewhere outside. I like action because of the fighting scenes they are really cool to me they also look very good they have many visual codes to keep you engaged. Comedy the reason I love comedy because its beings joy to the audience the people are laughing, and the movies are very e...

  The setting of the Lampoons European vacation is in England. One characteristic of the film is that the movie is heavily implied to take place in 1980s because of the car used. Another characteristic is the time of day which is most likely in the afternoon because of the skylight. One more characteristics  The geography is town-like because there are small buildings (not like the ones in a city) with brick fences surrounding the perimeter and a decent amount of grass in the area. The setting is important because it helps understand details and story and where it takes place. The objective of the excerise was to anaylze the characteristics of the clip of lampoon's European vacation. The film takes place when   After winning a European vacation on a game show, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) convinces his reluctant family to accompany him. His wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), is excited, but daughter Audrey (Dana Hill) is reluctant to leave her boyfriend be hind, while t...

       Mise-En-scene is the stage design and arrangement of actors in scenes for a theatre or film production, both in visual arts through storyboarding, visual theme, and cinematography, and in narrative storytelling through direction. Mise -En is important in film because you use it to analyze everything in the scene using codes and conventions. Codes can be visual, symbolic, technical, auditory, and written. Codes are usually predictable forms and techniques used by producers in different media text, they communicate different ideas. The elements of mise En scene are Color, Setting, Acting, lighting, composition, Set Design, Costume and makeup. Color can affect then mood of a scene. The lighting leads the eye to specific actor or props. Acting refers to human representation of a character. Composition refers how a scene is arranged. Set design is the physical the actors act on. Costume and make up is the hair and clothes then characters wear within the m...

Working on projects with other students has helped me detect connotations and denotations more accurately. For instance, my collaborator Shadlikethat and I were tasked with making a poster that featured illustrations of numerous symbols. We had to consider the various connotative implications that each image might have. A black cat was one of the icons we used on our poster. Black cats are considered a sign of bad luck in some cultures and a symbol of death in others. We had to decide how to include these many connotations in our poster after taking them into account. I was able to observe through this activity how several meanings can be attached to the same image and how those meanings may alter depending on the situation. In general, investigating semiotics and learning about connotation and denotation have improved my understanding of how words and symbols are used to express meaning.

  Roland Barthes , in full   Roland Gérard Barthes , (born November 12, 1915,   Cherbourg , France—died March 25, 1980, Paris), French essayist and social and literary critic whose writings on   semiotics , the formal study of symbols and signs pioneered by   Ferdinand de Saussure , helped establish structuralism and the   New Criticism   as leading   intellectual   movements. Barthes studied at the  University of Paris , where he took a degree in classical letters in 1939 and in grammar and  philology  in 1943. After working (1952–59) at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, he was appointed to the École Pratique des Hautes Études. In 1976 he became the first person to hold the chair of literary semiology at the  Collège de France . 

 i n what was once North America, the Capitol of Panem maintains its hold on its 12 districts by forcing them each to select a boy and a girl, called Tributes, to compete in a nationally televised event called the Hunger Games. Every citizen must watch as the youths fight to the death until only one remains. District 12 Tribute Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) has little to rely on, other than her hunting skills and sharp instincts, in an arena where she must weigh survival against love.

    The study of media studies is important to learn more about media and learn of its conventions and things media is made of.  Studying media explains your media consumption it helps you understand things companies do to engage you. It can help you if you have a career about understanding or promoting media example if you work for Warner Bro Pictures. Now that I have started studying media I now understand how companies track my media consumption and what they use to engage me with their products. This understanding of the media I use makes me observant when I do consume media. Overall the study of media is beneficial in day to day comprehension of things you see around you.           I will documenting my blog on a 2 minute film opening. I would to create a horror type film because they are films that are very interesting to watch and I think I will enjoy making one.  My target audience are teens reason being I am teen so I know what they ...