film analysis of melodrama

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SHOTS

Basic shots

• extreme head shot 
• head shot 
• close up 
• medium close up
• medium 
• medium full
• wide shot

More advanced shots 

• Over shoulder shot 
• Shot/ reverse shot (linked above) 
• Two shot 
• Tracking shots 
• Panning shots 
• Crane shot 
• Steadicam & POV shot     

continuity 
means an uninterrupted duration or continuation of the story without any major change of time or location. when you change shots, no time as elapsed.

WHAT IS FILM LANGUAGE?

Film language 

Is how we communicate through pictures and sound through the deeper meanings and concepts through codes and conversations which adds meaningful effects. 

KEY CONCEPTS

Media Forms: the different ways that information and entertainment is presented e.g         newspapers, television, printed media. 

Institution: media from a significant part of everyday life e.g talking about what happened at an event or TV series. a group of people with a set of rules and values. 

Genre: the categorisation of the media, e.g horror, scifi, romance.  

Representation: the construction of reality on screen e.g reality , people places events objects 

Audience: the advantages and limitations of a focus audience. the age, the choices by the director

Ideology: how an idea is portrayed within the media through the directors and producers.  

Narrative: the coherence or organisation given to a series of facts the way or how the story is constructed.