Media Language

Today in class, we spoke all about media language. As an A2 Media Studies student, and someone who has been studying Media for the past four years, this is something I have been taught about many times and have referred to when creating my media projects, however it always good to go over crucial media aspects to keep them fresh in your mind.
Media Language constitutes the following categories;
- Mise en Scene
- Camerawork
- Editing
- Sound

Mise en Scene
Mise en scene constitutes the key aspect of the pre-production phase of film & can include production and design and cinematography. Mise en Scene creates a diagetic world (the fictional world where the story takes place)
Mise en Scene is the location, character, cinematography and layout/design.

Camerawork
-shot types
-composition
-Movements
-Angles

Editing
Editing is the post production phase. It is where filming is cut up and jumbled around to be put in the suitable order. Film is often not shot in chronological, but in a series of shots which are assembled during editing.
There are two types of editing;
-Continuity
e.g. established shot, 180 degree line rule, cut away, action match, shot reverse shot and eye line match. All of these editing and filming techniques are implemented to improve the fluency of the camera shots. For example; Television producers hire staff whose jobs are to check the continuity of the filming. This job entails things such like, checking the placement of actors clothing, making sure the time on the clock runs fluently etc.
-Non-continuity
This includes things such like montage sequences and flash backs.

Sound
-Diagetic
Located within that story world (dialogue, sound effects, music)
-Non-diagetic
Sounds which do not have an explained source within the story world (incidental music, voice-over, non diagetic sound effects)