Film Language

Film Language

Media can include a wide variety of things like:

• Advertising
• Print Media
• Public Adverts i.e. Buses, Billboards
• TV
• Newspapers
• Radio
• Music
• Magazines
• Film
• On line Media i.e. Facebook, Websites, Viral, Banners, Animated films

Media is a form of propaganda and can have a big influence on people, it can be positive or negative.

The purpose of Media is to mainly inform and entertain us.

Cross Media Convergence is when one or more different forms of media come together.

Intertextuality is when one text makes reference to another. For example in a Simpsons episode the refer to Star Wars.

Preconceptions are previous expectations, prior knowledge based on past experiences.

Experiential Knowledge is about what you've experienced and how this might influence you and the way you read a film text.

Elements such as Plot, Narrative and Story all have to be included into a film because that's what makes it.
A story should always have a beginning, middle and end but this can be  unfolded in a different order in films. A story is a series of events recorded in their chronological order (linear narrative).

A plot is a series of events deliberately arranged so as to reveal their dramatic, thematic and emotional significance (linear/ non-linear narrative).

The art of good directing, or good storytelling is the ability to plot a story in the most compelling way for an audience. Plotting a filmed story means deciding which events, characters and settings will be seen in the film.