GROUP PROJECT ( PERFORMANCE

TASK 3)
•SHORT FILM MAKING
(4 to 5 minutes)
•THE SYMBOLIC, TECHNICAL AND
WRITTEN CODE MUST BE EVIDENT ON
YOUR FILM
RUBRICS
•TEAMWORK 10
•EDITING 10
•TIMELINESS 10
•AESTHETICS 10
•VOICE QUALITY 10
SHORT FILM MOVIE SYMBOLIC TECHNICAL WRITTEN
TITLE CODES CODES CODES
SHORT FILM MOVIE CAMERA CAMERA
TITLE ANGLES SHOTS
MEDIA & INFORMATION LANGUAGES

Language
pertains to the technical & symbolic ingredients or
codes and conventions that media & information
professionals may select & use in an effort of
communicating ideas, information and knowledge.
Media Languages – codes, conventions, formats,
symbols & narrative structures that indicates the
meaning of media messages to an audience.
-includes repeated use of words,
phrases & images also known as verbal or
visual language.
•Types of media languages
Written
Verbal
Non-verbal
Visual
Aural
Written Language
•In print-based media, also
in text such as captions for
photographs.
Verbal Language
•How the language is
delivered and its context
used are important factors
in the way meaning is
generated for the
audience.
Non – Verbal Language
•This is in terms of body language:
gestures and actions.
•The meaning received by the
audience is seen through how
the actor uses their body.
Visual Language
•What is on the screen has been
chosen specifically to generate a
series of effects and meanings.
•Specific camera angles and
movement are chosen to tell the
story and meaning of that scene.
Extreme Wide Shot
-the view is so far from the subject that s/he isn't
even visible.
Wide Shot also called a long shot/full shot, is a shot
that shows the subject within their surrounding
environment.
-tells the audience who is in the scene, where the
scene is set, and when the scene takes place.
Medium Shot or waist-shot is a camera shot that
shows an actor from the top of their head to roughly
their waist.
Medium Close-up Shot of a character shows the person from
approximately the chest or shoulders to the top of the head
• Close-up Shot is often used to show a character from
the top of the shoulders to the top of the head. It’s
used for capturing a character’s facial expression,
heightening emotions and building tension.
• Extreme Close-up, when an object, item or body part
fills the frame, which is used for emphasis, showing
detail and, once again, heightening emotion.
• Low-angle shot a film shot taken from a camera
angle positioned below the average eye line and
pointing up.
• Eye Level shot positions the camera angle directly at
the eye level of the character
• High-angle shot -the camera looks down on the
character or subject from an elevated perspective.
Worms Eye shot Angle
angle your camera upwards
 Canted Shots are composed with a camera tilted
laterally, so that the horizon is not level and vertical
lines run diagonally across the frame.
Bird’s Eye view shot, or an aerial view shot, is when
the camera is located up above, overhead, capturing
the action going on below.
Aural Language
• Diegetic/non-diegetic sound. Sound can help create
a scene and construct the environment, atmosphere
and mood.
• Semiotics the study of signs and symbols, discusses
the literal and potential meanings. There are two
identified orders of signification, denotation and
connotation.
•Denotation - the literal or obvious
meaning description of what is
physically seen or heard.
•Connotation - the potential or
suggested meaning – for example a
cross .
Codes - system of signs which creates meaning.

Types of Codes
1. Technical codes – ways in which equipment is
used to tell a story as it includes editing, shot
types, camera angles, lighting, sound and music.

2. Symbolic codes-shows what is beneath the surface

of what we see as it includes clothing, accents, color,
objects, setting and body language.
3. Written codes – use of language
style and textual layout (headlines,
caption, speech, caption speech
bubbles, language style etc.)
Example: Inquirer, Newspaper,
Comics
• Convention - In the media context,
refers to a standard or norm that acts
as a rule governing behavior.
• Messages - the information sent from a
source to a receiver.

• Audience - the group of consumers for

whom a media message was constructed
as well as anyone else who is exposed to
the message.
• Producers - People engaged in the process of
creating and putting together media content to
make a finished media product.

• Other stakeholders - Libraries, archives,

museums, internet and other relevant
information providers.