Reflection Post (analysing trailers)

Being an ex-photography and literature student, analysing texts and images played a big part in my studies. Moods, tones, target audience, language and themes were things I was all too familiar with, so writing about these things were practically a second nature to me. However, there were things that were new to me, such as codes, conventions, and shots. These were media related terms that I learned about last week, and this helped me to analyse a trailer (previous blog).

Analysis helps in a lot of ways, such as understanding certain pieces, whether it be art, film, a photo or a poem. It helps you grow an opinion of such things and you start seeing things in a whole new light. For example, if you watch a movie and there's a scene which is only lit with 'moonlight', you can question why the director wanted that effect and how it makes the whole scene good or bad.

In fact, it's not just analytical terms that are new to me; there are loads of terms in media that I come across and think 'what the...?'

To the left is a list I have made on my Google Docs which I can access on my phone or computer easily. The list has started to grow with only a couple of weeks, and I refer back to it a lot, and I'm sure it'll only grow more.