MOVIES

Task 4: Short Answer Responses (Film)

Responding
Term 1 Week 9
(Weighting:15%)

In-class essay analytical short answer responses to

questions based on film studied in class. Students will be
allowed to bring in one A4 page of handwritten notes.
 To understand context in film images.

• I will be able to list SWAT codes.

• I will be able to identify SWAT codes in a film poster.
• I will be able to use SWAT codes to identify sterotypes.
Context is the background,
environment, setting, framework, or
surroundings of events.
Context enables readers to
understand the narrative in relation
to the real world.
Context helps provide information,
new concepts, and words to develop
thoughts.
SWAT
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S YMBOLIC CODES

W
A
T
S YMBOLIC CODES

W RITTEN CODES

A
T
S YMBOLIC CODES

W RITTEN CODES

A UDIO CODES/ AUDIENCE

POSITIONING

T
S YMBOLIC CODES

W RITTEN CODES

A UDIO CODES/ AUDIENCE

POSITIONING

T ECHNICAL CODES
 FILM
CODES AND
CONVENTIONS
 USED TO
CONSTRUCT
MEANING IN
MEDIA

• CONVENTIONS:
ACCEPTED WAYS
OF USING CODES
TO CREATE
MEANING The Wizard of Oz
SYMBOLIC: OBJECTS THAT CREATE
MEANING WITHIN AN IMAGE OR
FRAME- OBJECTS, SETTINGS, BODY
LANGUAGE.

WRITTEN: ANY USE OF WORDS- THE

FONT, TITLES, SUBTITLES, CREDITS.

AUDIO: ANY USE OF SOUND-

DIALOGUE, MUSIC OR SOUND
EFFECTS.

TECHNICAL: USE OF TECHNOLOGY Psycho

TO CREATE MEANING - CAMERA
ANGLES AND DISTANCES, LIGHTING
AND EDITING.
SYMBOLIC CODES
• OBJECTS
• SETTINGS
• BODY LANGUAGE
• CLOTHING
• COLOUR
 WRITTEN CODES
• PRINT SIZE AND STYLE
• TEXT ON-SCREEN
• TITLES
• SCREEN CRAWL
• SUBTITLES
• NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC
• CREDITS
AUDIO CODES
• DIALOGUE
• MUSIC
• SOUND EFFECTS
 TECHNICAL CODES
• SHOT DISTANCE
• CAMERA ANGLE
• CAMERA HEIGHT
• FRAMING
• LIGHTING
• CAMERA MOVEMENT
Watch the trailer for Brave. List four components
that correspond to our SWAT codes: one symbolic,
one written, one audio, and one technical.