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DENOTATION & CONNOTATION

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A level Media Studies

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DENOTATION&CONNOTATION

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Media texts are largely constructed of images but we tend to take our visual literacy (our ability to read and understand

these images) for granted.

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Meaningwhat messages are being sent

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Meaningwhat messages are being sent

This (like language itself) is a social construct that we have had to learn to read.

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Meaningwhat messages are being sent

We make sense of itaccording to social andcultural codes and conventions

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We communicate – in a world of signs - by meansof signs and sign systems.

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Letters and wordswritten language

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Letters and wordswritten language

Soundsspeech

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Letters and wordswritten language

Soundsspeech/music

Visual imagespictures,icons,TV,film,etc.

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Many media texts are constructed of words, sounds and visual images combined together to create the message.

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We make sense of the media texts by decoding them.

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However, we need to think about the decoding process, and the steps we take which allow us to derive a certain meaning from the text.

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Deconstruction

picking apart in fine detail

An essential aspect of studying the media.

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But deconstruction is only the first part of the process. We should also consider the purpose of the text.

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The purpose of a text?

Or in other words, what is it trying to say?

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The purpose of a text?

Or in other words, what is it trying to say?

And to whom?

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We should take into account…

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We should take into account…

Audience

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We should take into account…

AudienceGenre

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We should take into account…

AudienceGenre

Representations

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Denotationfirst level of signification

Identification and definition of the basic elements of the text.

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Denotationfirst level of signification

What an image actually shows and is immediately apparent, rather than the assumptions that an individual reader might make about it.

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Denotationfirst level of signification

tends to be described as the 'literal', 'obvious' or 'common sense' meaning of a sign.

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Connotation second level of signification

This begins when you link an object with other signs and meanings.

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Connotation second level of signification

Refers to the socio-culturaland 'personal' associations (ideological, emotional etc.) of the sign.

Tipically related to the interpreter's class, age, gender, ethnicity and so on.

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Connotation second level of signification

In other words what we asthe reader of the text “get” from the sign (or combination of signs). What it means to each of us.

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At the denotative levelthis is a photograph of the film star Marilyn Monroe (or just ablonde woman in afur coat if we don’t know her)

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We know from our experience that thisis a studio, high key, soft focus “glamour”shot which hasconnotations….

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At the connotative level we might associate this photograph with Marilyn Monroe's star qualities of glamour, sensualityand beauty.

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The soft focus and high key style of the studio portrait suggests Hollywood,glamour and stardom.

So does the fur.

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At the denotative level this is also a photograph of the film star Marilyn Monroe.

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At the connotativelevel, this time the setting and herprovocativedress have more sexual implications.

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Denotation

Asian girl with long black hair looking over her left shoulder…

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Connotation

Fear? Surprise? Sadness? Anger?

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Yuan Ping was angry that her boyfriendkept following her.

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Yuan Ping was startled. The crash from outside reminded of what had

happened yesterday.

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Yaun Ping was shocked when she heard that Susan had been taken to hospital.

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She wondered what the other girls were whispering about. Did theyknow something she didn’t?

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Sally was sad that she was the only Asian girl in the class.

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Anchorage

The fixing or limiting of a particular meaning, or set of meanings, to an image.

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It is worth noting that words and phrases can also have connotations(this is familiar territory for poets)

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It is worth noting that words and phrases can also have connotations

This is one of the manipulative tools of the journalist.

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Consider this sentence: There are over 2,000 people with no fixed address in the city.

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Consider this sentence: There are over 2,000 people with no fixed address in the city.

A NEUTRAL STATEMENT

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Consider this sentence:

There are over 2,000 vagrants in the city.

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Consider this sentence:

There are over 2,000 vagrants in the city.

A NEGATIVE STATEMENT

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Consider this sentence:

There are over 2,000 homeless in the city.

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Consider this sentence:

There are over 2,000 homeless in the city.

A POSITIVE STATEMENT

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Colour also has major connotations(used a lot in cinema and TV to add more layers of meaning and mood to scenes)

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Consider the connotations of:

Black/Grey

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Consider the connotations of:

White

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Consider the connotations of:

Green

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Consider the connotations of:

Blue

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Consider the connotations of:

Red

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Film-makers will often (should always?) use colour in their sets and costumes to add extra meaning (connotations) to their work.