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The document discusses film semiotics and cinematic codes. It introduces concepts of signifiers and signified in semiotics as well as iconic, indexical, and symbolic codes. It then outlines several cinematic codes used in filmmaking, including shots, montage, mise-en-scene, sound, characters, and dramaturgy. Examples of films that effectively use these codes are provided, such as A Man Escaped, The Thin Blue Line, and Persona. The document concludes by recommending further reading on semiotics and how to analyze films.

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Programme Doc Documentary Script

The document discusses film semiotics and cinematic codes. It introduces concepts of signifiers and signified in semiotics as well as iconic, indexical, and symbolic codes. It then outlines several cinematic codes used in filmmaking, including shots, montage, mise-en-scene, sound, characters, and dramaturgy. Examples of films that effectively use these codes are provided, such as A Man Escaped, The Thin Blue Line, and Persona. The document concludes by recommending further reading on semiotics and how to analyze films.

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Film Semiotics and Codes

Professor Erik Knudsen


University of Salford
One Day Films
onedayfilms.com
Semiotics
Signifier Signified

Iconic Verisimilitude...

Indexical Association...

Symbolic Defined Meaning...


Film Theatre Music
Iconic Symbolic Indexical

Indexical Indexical Iconic

Symbolic Iconic Symbolic

Codes

Feelings and Emotions

Thoughts and Actions


Cinematic Codes
The Shot: composition, angle, movement...
Montage (edit): continuity, space, juxtaposition, rhythm...
Mise-en-scéne: components within the scene...
Sound and Music: aural associations...
Characters: familial and archetypes...
Dramaturgy: actions and reactions...
A Man Escaped
Robert Bresson
Cinematic Codes
The Shot: composition, angle, movement...
Montage (edit): continuity, space, juxtaposition, rhythm...
Mise-en-scéne: components within the scene...
Sound and Music: aural associations...
Characters: familial and archetypes...
Dramaturgy: actions and reactions...
The Thin Blue Line
Errol Morris
Cinematic Codes
The Shot: composition, angle, movement...
Montage (edit): continuity, space, juxtaposition, rhythm...
Mise-en-scéne: components within the scene...
Sound and Music: aural associations...
Characters: familial and archetypes...
Dramaturgy: actions and reactions...
Green
Patrick Rouxel
Cinematic Codes
The Shot: composition, angle, movement...
Montage (edit): continuity, space, juxtaposition, rhythm...
Mise-en-scéne: components within the scene...
Sound and Music: aural associations...
Characters: familial and archetypes...
Dramaturgy: actions and reactions...
Heart
Erick Oh
Cinematic Codes
The Shot: composition, angle, movement...
Montage (edit): continuity, space, juxtaposition, rhythm...
Mise-en-scéne: components within the scene...
Sound and Music: aural associations...
Characters: familial and archetypes...
Dramaturgy: actions and reactions...
Persona
Ingmar Bergman
Cinematic Codes
The Shot: composition, angle, movement...
Montage (edit): continuity, space, juxtaposition, rhythm...
Mise-en-scéne: components within the scene...
Sound and Music: aural associations...
Characters: familial and archetypes...
Dramaturgy: actions and reactions...
Wild Blue Yonder
Werner Herzog
Cinematic Codes
The Shot: composition, angle, movement...
Montage (edit): continuity, space, juxtaposition, rhythm...
Mise-en-scéne: components within the scene...
Sound and Music: aural associations...
Characters: familial and archetypes...
Dramaturgy: actions and reactions...
The Day I Became A Woman
(Ahoo)
Marziyeh Meshkini
Further Viewing/Reading

Barthes, R., The Semiotic Challenge, University of California, 1995.

Monaco, J., How To Read a Film, Oxford, 2009.

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