Genre Case Study: How do you create meaning in the film using the technical codes? (Preliminary Exercise)

 


        This section includes 3 parts of an analysis of how different technical codes produced meaning in the film. This part is on how camerawork impacted the movie. For camerawork, we analyzed shot sizes, camera angle, camera movement, and camera framing. The camerawork establishes how important the subject or the subjects in a frame are, and is also used to foreshadow or establishes how significant something will be.





        Editing was another code used to establish two important conventions. The conventions were On-Screen Text and transitions. The purpose of on-screen text is to establish significance to the audience, continuity, and give more information. Transitions were also used to smoothly connect one scene to another. This allows the movie to switch points of focus without breaking away from the action.




        The last thing used to give the shots more meaning was sounds. The main two used were the sound effects and dialogue. The dialogue was mixed between Russia and US, This was to use the stereotype that Russian Americans were communist spies. Sound effects are used to juxtapose a setting. Lound sound effects are used when discussing silent characters or quiet environments.



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