MEDIAST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Adventure Game, Family Of Sets, Laugh Track
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Conventions are found in the story itself o. Codes: modes of production external to the narrative (style: not from the physical content, but how the content is delivered o o. Length: if it"s an hour, it might be a drama. Lighting (crimes tend to be shot in low lighting) Camera work (more like to identify something as reality tv if it is shot on hand- held. Editing (historical dramas likely want to have long scenes with few edits to give us a play-like sense of consumption; action like movies are going to have quick cuts to resemble a frenetic pace of the story) Audio style (comedies are going to have light-hearted soundtracks; a crime/horror film are going to have sharp blasts of sound with silence in between; suspense films have a rumble soundtrack to create a sense of dread) Genre theory: determining genre is based on a mix of conventions and codes.
