Saturday, 17 September 2011

Media language revision

These are some of the terms that i was not familiar with so i am going to learn them as they will be helpful for our video.


Denotation- what is literally in the picture


Connotation- The different interpretations which might be associated with the picture


Puns- Plays on multiple meanings of words


Phonemes- Units of sound, in this context a deliberate misspelling (wot instead of what)


Anchoring- Text or explanation of the image


Indexes- An image that communicates a meaning via a causal link- sweat is an index of heat


Icons- Images communicating information because of its resemblance to what is meant- big Ben is an icon of parliament.

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