Media Language - Music Videos

Media Language - Music Videos

There are four main areas of media language, they are:

Cinematography,

Mise-en-scene,

Editing,

Sound.

Cinematography refers to the use of a camera, the different movements of a camera are Tilt (pivoting up and down), Crane (moving up and down), Pan (pivoting left and right), and Track (moving forward and  back, left and right). There are two different types of angle, High Angle (looking down) and Low Angle (looking up).

Mise-en-scene refers to everything in the frame, C.L.A.M.P.S. is an easy way to remember.

Costume, Lighting, Actors, Make-up, Props and Setting (C.L.A.M.P.S.)

Pans Labyrinth:- 

Costume- WWII Soldier wear.

Lighting- Bright, Daytime- Noon, sun high in the sky.

Actors- Serious attitude, upset about an attack on his train.

Make-up- Lack there of.

Props- A broken train with construction equipment.

Editing is the method of construction, and the style, pace and techniques in which a film is made (Audio /Visual Media). Four major techniques in editing are Cut, Fade, Dissolve and Pace.

Sound has two categories, Diegetic sounds from the world of the film and characters (natural sounds) and Non-Diegetic sound that only the audience can hear and the characters can not hear (Soundtrack).