Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Semiotics/Media Codes P1 (a-f)


Semiotics:
The study and sign systems

Denotation:
What an image actually shows and which is immediately apparent as opposed to the assumptions as individual reader may make about it.

Connotation:
The meaning of a sign that is arrived at through cultural experiences a reader brings to it.









Technical codes

Technical Codes Senior

Symbolic Codes – Symbolic colour – Symbolic objects – Symbolic Animals

Written Codes – You and You Only - Buzz Words – Catch phrases

Technical Codes Junior – Camera – Framing – Lighting
 Content – the subject of the artwork (what the artwork is about)
Form - is how the subject is expressed (how that meaning is presented) 









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