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Unit 4: Artistry
Quick questions on Languages, codes and conventions: QCE Film, Television and New Media
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What is languages as a key concept?Show answer
In Film, Television and New Media, languages refers to the system of codes and conventions used to construct meaning. Like spoken language, it has a vocabulary (individual codes) and a grammar (the conventions for combining them). Fluency in this language lets makers communicate and lets audiences interpret.
What are representations?Show answer
Representations are built out of language; code choices construct how people and ideas appear.
What are audiences?Show answer
Audiences read meaning through shared conventions; a maker relies on audience fluency to communicate.
What are technologies?Show answer
New tools create new language possibilities, such as drone movement or algorithmic editing styles.
What are institutions?Show answer
Institutional conventions (network branding, platform formats) shape the codes makers are expected to use.
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