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Its important to ensure your micro analysis supports your macro analysis, take consideration to focus on technical and symbolic codes such as lighting, costume, props, camera angles and movement, character performance, set and sound. This will help us build up a conclusion of the wider picture the text is trying to present and lead us to our macro analysis, which is likely to focus on themes such as, narratives, audiences, genre and representation.
This links to codes and conventions because codes are often in symbolic form through micro aspects, which create meaning, and the meaning of the micro aspects builds up to the macro which relates to the widely accepted or recognised way of doing something. Conventions will often help you recognise a genre or typical narrative, codes however are more likely to be individual to the media text your analysing.
Predict what you expect to see in the horror genre in terms of these “micro” aspects
This links to codes and conventions because codes are often in symbolic form through micro aspects, which create meaning, and the meaning of the micro aspects builds up to the macro which relates to the widely accepted or recognised way of doing something. Conventions will often help you recognise a genre or typical narrative, codes however are more likely to be individual to the media text your analysing.
Predict what you expect to see in the horror genre in terms of these “micro” aspects
Hi Lydia,
ReplyDeleteI find this post really useful as it sums up exactly what the difference is between micro and macro is. I also like how you have found a power point online and then you have taken a key slide from it and posted it on your blog. The slide also has the key terminology on it which is useful as well meaning you know exactly what to talk about when analysing different extracts.