Media concepts

When deconstructing a TV drama there are certain things that you should look for.
Such as:

Media language- This includes the lighting, framing, editing, sound, music and mise en scene.

Form and style - all types of media have structure thought the form and style of the piece, this can be created by the editing of shots and the music used which can determine the mood of the scene.

Conventions - This is like the ingredients for the structure. For example the difference between a horror film and a chick flick. The horror film you would expect the jumpy moments and the screams where as a chick flick you would expect softer music and a romantic elemant to it.

Signifcation - This is the meaning behind what you are seeing in the mise en scene, such as the colour red could represent love, blood or danger. This means there can be many interpretations as the signs are not agreed.

Audience - The audience is needed for the media to work as everything in the media is aimed at a certain type of audience. Male or female, teenagers or adults.They target a certain type of audience to make sure that they're targeted audience watches it.