Lesson 1: Media and Information Languages (MIT) PDF

LESSON 1: MEDIA AND INFORMATION LANGUAGES Direct Observation Collection of information using your senses. SOURCES OF INFORMATION...

LESSON 1: MEDIA AND INFORMATION LANGUAGES Direct Observation Collection of information using your senses. SOURCES OF INFORMATION - Activities, behavior, and physical aspects of a situation without - Libraries having to depend on peoples’ willingness to respond accurately - Indigenous Media to questions. - Internet Records (Written, Carved, Oral) LIBRARY Can be leaves or carved on stone to preserve any records or A place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials documents. (books, manuscripts, recordings, and film) are kept for use but not for sale. Oral Instruction Instructions given orally. TYPES OF LIBRARY Academic Library INTERNET Attached to a higher education institution. A global computer network providing a variety of information and - Support the school’s curriculum. communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using - Support the research of the university faculty and students. standardized communication protocols. Public Library SKILLS IN DETERMINING THE RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION Accessible by the general public. - Check the author. - Usually funded from public sources such as taxes. - Check the date of publication or of update. - Check for citations. School Library - Check the domain or owner of the site/page. Within a school where students, staff, and parents of a public and -.com - commercial private have access to a variety of resources. -.edu - educational -.mil - military Special Library -.gov - government In specialized environments like hospitals, corporations, museums, -.org - nonprofit organization the military, private businesses, and the government. INDIGENOUS MEDIA Community Media; Any form of media that is: - Created and controlled by the community. - For the community. - About the community. - By the community. Form of media expression conceptualized, produced, and circulated by indigenous people around the globe as vehicles for communication. Indigenous Native; local; originating or produced naturally in a particular region or locality. Indigenous Knowledge Knowledge unique to a specific culture or society. - Often not written down. - Ex. Rice-fish co-culture - a farming technique for over 1200 years in South China. - Globally important agricultural heritage system. Indigenous Communication Transmission of information through local channels or forms. - A means by which culture is preserved, handed down, and adapted. FORMS OF INDIGENOUS MEDIA Folk or Traditional Media Employs vocal, verbal, and visual folk-art forms transmitted by societies from one generation to another. - For entertainment, and to promote education, social values, and cultural practices. Gathering and Social Organizations Different groups in that place.  LESSON 2: MEDIA AND INFORMATION LANGUAGES Cowboy Shot Frames from roughly mid-thighs up. Language A system of arbitrary, vocal symbols that permit all people in a given Medium Shot culture to communicate or interact (Finnochioro, cited in Jang, 2010). Frames from roughly the waist up and through the torso. - Emphasizes more of the subject while keeping the surroundings Media Languages visible. Codes, conventions, formats, symbols, and narrative structures that - Dialogue scenes. indicate the meaning of media messages to an audience. Medium Close Up Shot CODES Frames from roughly the chest up. Systems of signs that when put together create meaning. - Favors the face but still keeps the subject somewhat distant. Technical Codes Close Up Shot Equipment is used to tell the story. Reveal emotions and reactions. - Sound, camera angles, types of shots, and lighting. - Fill frame with a part of your subject. - Camera techniques, framing, depth of field, exposure, and - Near enough to register tiny emotions but not so close that we juxtaposition. lose visibility. - Camera, editing, lighting, sound, and special effects. Extreme Close Up Shot Written Codes The most you can fill a frame with your subject. Use of language style and textual layout. - Eyes, mouth, and gun triggers. - Headlines/titles, typeface/font, slogans/taglines, caption, style, - Smaller objects get great details and are the focal point. choice of words, and emphasis of words. - Subtitles, graphics, and typography. Establishing Shot Shot at the head of a scene, showing the location of the action. Symbolic Codes - Often follows an aerial shot and shows where everything will Show what is beneath the surface of what we see or iconic symbols happen. that are easily understood. - Acting (mise en scene), location (visual composition), visual Camera Shot Framing identity (key colors. Art and science of placing subjects in your shots. - All about composition. - Composing an image rather than pointing at the subject. TYPES OF CAMERA SHOT FRAMING Single Shot One subject. - Set and framed in any shot size. Two-shot Two characters. - Allowing performance to play out in a single take. Three-shot Camera Shots Three characters. Series of frames shot uninterrupted from the moment the camera - Adventure films. starts rolling until it stops. Over-the-shoulder Shot TYPES OF CAMERA SHOT SIZES Shows the subject from behind the shoulder of another character. Extreme Wide Shot - Conversation scenes. Subject appears small against their location. - Provide orientation and connect the characters on an emotional - Subject feels distant or unfamiliar and overwhelmed by its level. location. - Emphasize the location or isolation. Over-the-hip Shot Placed with the character’s hip in the foreground and the focus Wide Shot subject in the plane of acceptable focus. Whole body will be in view but not filling the shot. - Suggests a power imbalance. - Good deal of space above and below your subject. - Beautiful background imagery. Point-of-view Shot Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees. Full Shot - Transports the audience into that character. Feature multiple characters in a single shot. - Lets subject fill the frame whole keeping emphasis on scenery. Medium Wide Shot Frames from roughly the knees up. Camera Shot Focus Depth of Field - Size of the area (field) where objects appear acceptably sharp. Point of Focus - Center most point of the field. Plane of Focus - Imaginary two dimensional planes that extend from that point. - Any part of the image that falls directly on this plane is officially in focus. TYPES OF CAMERA SHOT FOCUS Rack Focus Emphasized focus full, where the acceptable focus range is intentionally shifted from one subject to another. Shallow Focus Subject in crisp focus while the fore and background is out of focus. - Limits depth of field to create emphasis. Deep Focus Everything in the frame is your focus. - Feel the scenery or particular scene elements. Camera Shot Angle Specify the location where the camera is placed to take a shot. - The position of the camera in relation to the subjects can affect the way the viewer perceives the scene. TYPES OF CAMERA SHOT ANGLES Eye Level Shot Neutral perspective. - How we see people in real life–our eye line connecting with theirs. Overhead / High Angle Shot Points down at your subject. - Creates a feeling of inferiority or “looking down” on your subject. Low Angle Shot Low camera height. - Emphasize the power dynamics between characters. - A superior character with the upper hand is often framed from down low, making an inferior feel like they are looking up to them. Knee Level Shot Camera height is about as low as your subject’s knees. - Emphasize a character’s superiority if paired with a low angle. Ground Level Shot Camera’s height is on ground level with subject. - Captures what is going on in ground where your subject stands on. Aerial Shot Taken by a helicopter or drone, shot from way up high. - Establishes a large expanse of scenery.