Semiotics
A container of meaning
What is a sign?
What is mise-en-scene
Everything the the viewer sees or hears in the scene.
Establishing, cowboy, close-up are examples.
What is shot size?
Give an example of a book that has been turned into a movie.
What is ______________.
A sign that is featured and/or repeated and is intended to carry significant meaning.
What is a symbol?
Colors convey tone that effects the emotion the audience interprets in the scene.
What is color psychology.
Three-shot, Over the shoulder (OTS), point-of-view are exmples.
What is Framing?
Plot, characters, setting, and theme.
What is the Literary level
The literal meaning of a word or sign.
What is denotation?
The decisions made about how the props, colors, settings, and costumes work together.
Art direction.
Overhead, dutch, shoulder level are examples.
What are camera angles?
Actors, staging, point of view, audience.
What is the Dramatic Level
The subjective associated meaning of a word or sign.
What is connotation.
Tone, character, catharsis.
What are reasons for using popular songs in film.
A camera shot that connotates a subject with a lot of power in the scene.
What is low-angle?
Camera work, special effects
What is the Cinematic Level
Mise-en-scene, sound, camera work, editing.
What are semiotics in film?
2 terms for using lighting to create subtext.
What are brightness and contrast.
A shot that connotates danger or violence.
What is a cowboy shot?
How is camera work different from the static point of view in drama?
In drama the audience's point of view is static and includes everything on stage. In cinema, the camera shows the viewer where to focus.