Representation

Narrative structures and codes How effective were your decisions regarding
Discuss how successfully your choice of narrative structure Representation of people and places in your media
was in engaging your audiences interest, to inform them, text?
to persuade them, to entertain them. Did you use Todorov, Did you go for using stereotypes or non-stereotypes?
Joseph Campbells heros journey type narrative structure; What do you think the audience reaction to your
did it work; any feedback from people who have seen your representation choices would have been (have you had
media text? any feedback from people who have seen your media
Did you instead decide on a non-linear disrupted narrative text?)
structure? If so, explain why you did so: did it work Will your audience generally view your representations
(feedback from people who have seen your text?) as positive or negative; plausible or implausible?
Did you successfully use narrative cues, enigmas, If you had unlimited resources or access to other
resolutions, etc to engage the audiences interest in the choices for representation, what changes would like to
Language: technical codes
Language: cultural codes Examine closely
Discuss how effectively sequences of
you feel your choices of Evaluate how camerawork you have
cultural codes have effectively you included in the content
been to achieve your used media codes of your media text.
creative intentions: for Analyse how successful
and/or techniques
example, clothing the choice of shot,
codes, hairstyle codes, to achieve your movement, angle,
facial expressions and creative intentions positioning, framing,
body language. Explain in the finished editing from one shot to
clearly the denotations content. Try to the other is; how
of each language give at least five effective is the lighting
feature and the codes used; are you
connotations you hope pleased with the
the audience will pick transition from one shot
up on to understand the Categories: use of genre conventions
meanings in your Explain how effectively you were able to use or subvert
content.
genre conventions in your media text in order to meet
the needs and expectations of your target audience.
Stylistic features
Cues
Length of the media text
Mode of address: this is an important one. Did your
mode of address choice work out effectively for
meeting the needs of your audience (to inform, to
persuade, to entertain)?