Riah Anne’s Blog

  Roland Barthes' Theory of Semiotics      The start of the movie was that Katness' sister was picked to do the Hunger Games, so Katness decided to volunteer instead to save her. The next clip was showing how ex-players of the game needed to play in the game and Katness and her team played a trick on President Snow. they said that Katness was pregnant meaning that it would be wrong if she played in the Hunger Games potentially killing her baby. This would put them into a riot and cause chaos.      This activity showed how we could find connotation and denotation in real world/ movie references and not just in pictures. This also was able to show me that connotation and denotation can be in sounds as well. Having these properties in a show also develops the plot and helps the viewer understand.

     The key concept of the lesson was to see if we were able to identify hidden and deeper meanings behind pictures. Semiotic is the study behind symbols and signs and their interpretation.  Roland Barthes was a famous French essayist and lyrical critic. His theory was that every narrative  of something is different and that every sentence in a story  has a different meaning to it.  Signs are the simplest form of meanings. Denotation is that literal meaning of something example being that  a rose is a flower. Whereas connotation is the signified meaning of something example being  that a rose is a sign of love and beauty.      Our activity was to show that we knew the difference between denotation and connotation. Everyone did this themselves or could work with a partner. I learned what exactly was connotation was and how it was involved in everyday life.       For my table, I chose...

      Media Studies is important to knowing what all the elements that are included in different types of media. I always consume media, watching movies, reading books, social media, etc. and using my phone or laptop to access it. These media products are the most accessible to everyone and that why it's so easy to consume media. Before getting into media studies, I never thought about all the elements that were included into media: costumes, characters, sound, lighting, etc. I really only watch it never really inspected it. Before media studies I never thought about the technology around us that helps us consume media: smartphones, laptops, desktops, television, books, magazines, etc. Another thing is how long media is (books, radios, etc.)    I will be documenting my own film opening. I would like to do a horror/ thriller film opening. This would go for teenagers that like horror/ thriller movies, I chose to do this genre because it's one of my favorites outs...