Media language is the way that a piece of media conveys its purpose and meaning to the audience through different visual and auditory effects. It conveys its meanings through codes and conventions.
As an example, a code would be a pile of bones with a skull on top, it would indicate the convention that someone had died in that area. This kind of code for example, is found often in action movies such as Indiana Jones.
4 Types of Media Language
1. Mise en Scene
2. Camera
3. Sound
4. Editing
Mise en Scene
This represents the many components that comprise a single shot
1. Set Design
- Setting the time and place of the shot using digital effects, props, etc.
2. Costume
- What actors wear to look more like their character visually, and give a more immersive experience to the audience
3. Props
- Objects that help with background setting as well as items that the actors interact with.
4. Staging & Composition
- Staging is how the performance is represented and Composition is the arrangement of the set to create a certain scenery and meaning to the shot
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