Magazine layout and design

Magazine layout and design.

Analysing Movies

Analysing Movies

Avengers Infinity War
300 Million US Dollars
Marvel Studios - Disney







DECODING = understanding a media text.
CODES can be visual (you can see them) or aural (you can hear them). Codes have symbolic value. For example in our society wearing a pair of glasses (glasses are the code) symbolises, or connotates, that you are clever. TV drama, magazines and video games use these symbolic codes to generate character types and character archetypes.

The males face is unshaven creating an unpleasant scruffy appearance, he is also looking down at the camera and making no attempt to look happy in any way. 

brown attire shows bland neutral  tones of his personality.

The female is looking away at the camera in stubbornest as well as contrasting the red colours of her cloths and lolly pop against the dull grey background.

Barthes Semantic Code

Enigma Code

mystery within text with no clear answers given.

Non Diegetic sound. Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action    

Diegetic sound.

Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film

Wide shot

• Establishers the context of the setting for the character
• Dark gloomy environment with beams of light creates atmosphere of the characters hope
• Intensifies the feeling of loneliness

Close up

• shows emotional distress of the character.
• looking away from the camera as if traumatic experience had just taken place.
• The close up shows sweat which adds  to the characters feeling of stress.

Diagetic sounds

• Use of the explosion likely creating a  loud *BOOM* type of sound

Mid-shot

• Shows the two characters and the setting they are in.

•Shot reverse shot is when a shot goes from shot A, shot B, shot A, shot B etc.

•It goes continuously back and forth between the 2 shots to show there is a connection between them

•It is often used in conversations so you see what both characters are saying

Wide shot

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Mise en scene
Dark gloomy environment, large foliage with beams of light scattered around, this creates an atmosphere of mystery and tension.
- Slow moving camera movement towards the shadow on the right.
- Character looks small amongst his surroundings
- Diagetic sounds, such as wildlife.

Low angle shot

- This shot makes the subject look and seem more powerful as it looks down onto the rest of the characters and the camera.
- The sun rising behind the figure implies the other animals see this mysterious figure as some kind of God as all the animals are looking up at him.

Low angle shot

- From the point of view from the boy, the elephants look larger than life and powerful and almost God like.
- Dark colours and shadows creates an enigma of the setting and context with in the shot.
- Light source of camera, creates more visual depth.

Medium shot

- A quick edit is used for this shot to emphasise the speed of what is occuring on screen.
- This can be used as a means of jump scaring the audience.

Low angle shot

- Low angle shot makes the snake appear more large and intimidating as it towers over the little boy
- ark areas of foliage with patches of light creates an atmosphere of suspense and tension.
- The snakes dark green and brown colours are similar to it's surroundings, this creates an enigma as we are unsure of whether the branches are part of it's tail due to it being camouflaged.
- The editing and scene is very slowly paced as the camera pans upwards in view of the subject snake.

High angle shot

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- Non-diagetic sounds quite upbeat with a high tempo to emphasise danger.
- Use of the light from the flames with the surrounding darkness is in contrast of one another.

Low angle shot - Wide angle shot

- Camera slowly pans away from subject into a wide angle shot to get a scale of what is happening in the scene

Close up

The close up allows the subjects emotion of pure anger and aggression to be in view
The face is the only thing visible in the scene as the surroundings are all in darkness to help put focus on it.