Film Studies, Politics, and Grammar: Key Concepts Explained
Film Techniques and Effects
- Do movies stick to the facts? No, facts or incidents may be combined or changed for dramatic effects.
- Why are movies predominantly a visual medium? Because viewers acquire information for each scene through visual elements like clothing and camera angles.
- How can camera angles reveal information? They reveal the characters’ relationships and importance to the story.
- How do dialogue, sound effects, and music affect us? They enhance the film’s visual message.
- What is viewer’
Human Language: Characteristics and Theories
Sounds: Set of Articulated Language to Express What Men Feel and Think
Characteristic: It is a human, not exclusively instinctive, means used to communicate ideas, thoughts, emotions, and desires. It is produced by the organs of speech.
Language
Combination of words or ways of speaking of a people or nation.
- Character: Language is the language of a people.
- It is a list of words.
- It is a system.
Joint call units consisting of words representing ideas and thoughts.
Speech
Joint faculty of speaking, uttering
Read MoreAnalyzing Religious Art: The Last Supper and The Trinity
The Lord’s Supper: A Renaissance Masterpiece
The Lord’s Supper is a painting that represents a religious scene. Set within a Renaissance interior, Christ and his disciples celebrate the Last Supper. Christ is positioned on the vertical axis of symmetry, with the disciples arranged on either side in groups of three, depicted in various states of turmoil.
The artist uses light, the direction of the disciples’ heads, the arrangement of the tables, and the organization of the groups to draw attention
Read MoreVelázquez’s Las Meninas: An In-Depth Analysis
Velázquez’s Las Meninas: Context and Analysis
Historical Context
The Baroque period, spanning the 17th and early 18th centuries, is characterized by a diversity of aesthetic standards and artistic approaches. Within this period, several trends in realism emerged, including naturalism, rhetorical and theatrical realism, and classicism. The Baroque represents the “Golden Age” of Spanish painting, with Velázquez as the most important and brilliant figure.
Identification of the Work
Las Meninas is an
Read MoreRoman Sculpture: Portraits, Reliefs, and Sarcophagi
Roman Sculpture
1. The Portrait
Roman sculpture is characterized by its realistic depiction of individuals, focusing on their unique traits and psychological depth. This contrasts with Greek sculpture, which often idealized its subjects.
- Roman sculptors were particularly interested in capturing the features of the face, often creating busts that emphasized individual characteristics.
- Unlike Greek sculpture, Roman portraiture had a more private character, not always focusing on heroes or important figures.
Journalistic Language and Media Communication
Language of Journalistic Articles
Language of the articles: It is used by the mass media (print, radio, TV, etc.).
Communication Characteristics
Mixed codes: One of the most striking features of the language of journalism and advertising is that it consists of several codes used depending on the medium. For example, radio messages mix oral language with musical messages; on TV, oral language is mixed with written language, still images, and moving images.
The Newspaper as a Semiological System
A set