The focus of the whole essay is how a meaning is conveyed in the scene. This meaning can be conveyed through four technical areas. These four technical areas are Camera, mise en scene, editing and sound. These technical areas should be analysed to convey meaning for the essay.
The essay should be structured in chronological order by breaking the scene into sections. By breaking it down into manageable sections with your note taking allows for a easy paragraph structure and to map out what you are lacking each time the footage is replayed.
I broke the scene down into sections for my titanic essay and found it relatively hard as it was my first semiotic essay. The structure was fairly reasonable but lacked in technical language and detail as it was my first attempt.
My second attempt was progressively harder as I tried to make notes without breaking the scene down into sections and attempted to take notes just in the sections of the four technical areas. This consequently resulted in a very messy set of notes upon which i had to write my essay from and let to me jumping from different bits of the scene to write about the technical areas.
Furthermore my note taking on the doctor who scene was largely improved as I had more technical knowledge and the skill of breaking the scene into sections increased as well. Although we did not write the essay as a class, i felt fairly confident I could write a stronger essay than my previous pieces.
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