Introduction
This blog post was completed in an online lesson and is a case study that is to be completed for my A2 Culture brief.
MIGRAINE
Migraine is used to help analyse a piece of media. It is an acronym for:
– Media Language
– Institution
– Genre
– Representation
– Audience
– Ideology
– Narrative
– Economics
All of these topics can be covered when talking about a piece of media. The most important ones that were covered in the lesson were Media Language, Representation and Ideology.
Media Language
Media Language is the method of analysing the technical aspects of the piece of media.
these technical aspects are things like:
– mise en scene (costumes, props, setting etc.)
– camera (angles, shot types)
– editing (pacing, transition)
– lighting (high/low key, atmospheric, hue etc.)
– sound (diegetic or non diegetic)
Representation
Ideology
Case Study: Mobile Suit Gundam