What are the five key features of media?

The five key areas of media are:

Camera Shots

· High/ Low Angles

· Movements – Tracking, Panning

Sound

· Diagetic – Natural sounds (a dog barking)

· Non-Diagetic – Music made by production (soundtracks)

Editing

· Elastic Band

· Cutting clips

· Speeding up/Slowing down

Mise en Scene

· Setting

· Costume/Make up/Props

· Actors

· Lighting

o Hard lighting (when there’s a darker shadow)

o Soft lighting (shadow is softer)

o Natural lighting

Special Effects

· Practical

o Pyrotechnics (fire)

o Stunts

· CGI – Computer Generated Imagery