Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Macro Elements

Film and Media Language (Macro Elements)
Genre: a category of media products that are classified as being similar in form or type (attributes are recognisable to the genre - characters, setting, costume, props, ect...)

Genres: Mystery, Romance, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure ect ...
Example: Aspects of a horror:
  • Murderous, creepy or supernatural villans
  • Dark, unnerving settings
  • Main characters brought out of their comfort zone.
The Narrative: the story, narrative structure of the film piece.

The Story is the sequence of events, i.e. the plot

The narrative structure is the way those events are revealed to the audience.

Linear narrative: events are shown in the order they should be (in the order te took place in).

Non-linear narrative: sequences are revealed out of order.

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