Media Language - Denotation

Our AS opening sequence begins with an establishing shot, this cannotes the recognition of the characters and location to our target audience, incorporated within this is the written symbolic codes which signifies the title of the film. The written codes used can be refered to Fernidads theory of the Signifier and the Signified, the title 'Tormented' being the signifier, allows the audience to relate the title to the film genre, which is the signifier. Other technical codes, for instance the sound effects used later in the production, according to bathes theory of denotation and connatation connotes death, which may suggest to the audience what will be revealed within the production. Throughout the production we used a wide variety of camera angles were used, one being a low angle shot. Within the media industry a low angle shot often connotes vulnerability and/or fear, again, creating meaning through the semiotics used.