Semiotics- Complete tasks on powerpoint

1)  Words associated with a heart:  Love, Emotions, Care, Feeling, Blood, Life.


2)  Literal associations                vs            Connotations                 

• Organs                                               Love
• Pump                                                 Care
• Blood                                                 Emotions
• Life                                                    Blood
• Muscles                                             Feeling

3)   Spectacles/Glasses

        

      Denotations                         vs                  Connotations

 

• Eyes                                                        Smart
• Vision                                                     Scientist
• Eyesight                                                 Intelligent
• Lense
• Optition      

4)  List the similarities in the denotation of these posters:        

• They both have given a strong and mysterious facial expression.
• They both have guns which shows they may be criminals.
• The lighting in both are dark and so is the setting.

5)  How does this poster use visual codes to communicate and appeal to its target audience?

     

      In the poster, the man has no lighting on him from the front to show darkness and bright            spotlights behind him. The darkness may portray him as a dangerous man and the shadow could be suggesting a darker and evil side. The use of the gun implies that the man may be a criminal or even a saviour.

Mise-en-scene

• The character is sitting by himself which shows he may be lonely or isolated. 
• The dark shadow shows that he must have gone through something bad.
• He sits against a brick all in darkness with a bright spotlight shining directly on him, creating a interrogation style effect.
• The fact that he is looking down shows that he has no hope for anything to happen.
• The character is sitting in the corner and away from everyone which could mean that he does not want to be seen.
• He looks like a teenage boy and he may have experienced something horrible such as bullying. 

Learning from Robert Rodriguez...

After viewing Robert Rodriguez's 10 minute film, I started to think about how easy and how well a movie can be made with such a low budget. The different angles at which the film scenes were shot were eye-catching and i was amazed to find out that Rodriguez only shot 25 rolls of film for the entire movie. This action sequence was shot with only a few frames, however it still looked perfect and clear. The edit made the film flawless and crystal clear. During the knife scene, Rodriguez had filmed it and then recorded the sound after the take and was able to sync the dialogue with the lip movement. This idea had suited the scene and the edit made the scene more realistic and natural. The camera zooming in and out suited the scene as when it was a threatening or violent dialogue being said, then the camera would zoom in to the actor to create tension.