ESSAY PLANS

Question 1

30 Marker language techniques to look for:

Answer 1

make sure to do this twice. alongside the text given (make sure ur on top of what to say)

Visual codes

Colour: eg red, white
Costume: what they are wearing
Hair Makeup: eg. Long loose hair
Behaviour: what they are doing
Lightning: eg High Key
Location: eg. California
Props: eg. Fast car

Technical Codes
Camera: eg low angle
Sound: eg. ‘prove it’
Editing: eg. Fast paced

possible theories: gauntletts identity theory, van zoonen’s feminist theory, hook’s feminist theory, gilroy’s post colonial theory, barthes semiotics theory, levi strauss structuralism theory, hall’s representation theory

Question 2

15 marker language techniques to look for:

Answer 2

Techniques

Colour, costume, hair makeup, behaviour, lighting, location, props, location, sound

Graphics, people, perfomance, binary oppositions, narrative

POSSIBLE theories: Barthes semiotics, Levi Strauss

Question 3

Media Language codes

Answer 3

Camera
Extreme close up, close up, mid shot, wide/long shot, extreme long shot

Establishing shot, deep focus, Low angle, high angle, birdseye

Sound
Diegetic, non diegetic, contrapuntal, pleonastic, sound bridge

Editing
continuity editing, straight cut, fade, pace, jump cut

Mise-En-Scene
costume, props, location, set dressing, lightning (high key, low key), facial expression

Advertising
brand image, slogan, logo

Newspapers
masthead, headline, banner headline