Media language exam lesson notes.

Semiotics-Roland Barthes. The study of signs and there meaning. Denotation and connotation. The denotation (sign) means nothing, it's whats attached to that sign (connotation) that we relate to the meaning. Signifier and signified (connotes). Our essay is about looking at signs and what there meanings are. Paragraphs: 1. Symbolic codes (Mise-en-scene). 2. Technical codes (Camera and editing techniques). 3. Written and audio codes. (Text and sound). 4. The meaning. (Reception theory-Stuart Hall).