COMM1020 Lecture Notes - Background Noise, Shaky Camera, Semiotics
Document Summary
Is this real life? questioning media as society"s mirror. Media and meaning: human communication as a series of signs, a sign is composed of, 1) a signifier. The form of which the sign takes: can be auditory, visual, image, 2) a signified. The physical object the signifier represents: can also be a concept. Interpretation depends on having knowledge of said system: study of semiotics looks at how language and culture works, representation is both reality and makes reality, media is realistic. Realism, really: what do we consider realistic? , continued investment in things that show us real life , media is a direct mirror of society = myth. Invisible storytelling (classic hollywood style: documentary look. Elements of realisms: apparent spontaneity, doesn"t look too perfect . Shaky camera, motion in frame, available lighting : doesn"t sound too perfect . Background noise, actor improve: mundane moments in story, real life , saving private ryan. Conventions of genre and style: production contexts.
