• How can Camera Angles and Signifiers Communicate?

     

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Published: 15.06.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'How can Camera Angles and Signifiers Communicate?', 1.
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There are different forms in which camera angles and signifiers can communicate. Signifiers are visual or oral signs that directors/authors use for the audience to place meanings to.
Signifiers are used everywhere from our own lives to movies: when crossing a street, you look for the 'green man' to signify that it's safe; when trying on clothes you look at the label to see the size; when watching a movie and you hear thunder it signifies an upcoming event. These messages are all conveyed to a person without words and are hence signifiers.
In the first scene of my Pingu storyboard, I have…

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