KONY 2012

Codes and Conventions

Media identifies three categories of codes that may be used to convey meanings in media:

·         Technical codes, which include camera techniques, framing, depth of field, lighting and exposure

·         Symbolic codes, which refer to objects, setting, body language, clothing and colour

·         Written codes in the form of headlines, captions, speech bubbles and language style.

The Mise en scene for the extract was very dull and was very boring, this is good for the extract as they are trying to convey a message about a criminal. The extract itself is a documentary and the person that is the voice over records it himself, at the beginning it shows that how he had met one of his friends called Jacob. They show how they met in Uganda and he talks about how his brother has been killed by Kony. That part was record by a camcorder and it makes it look really realistic and from this it is able to see that it is a documentary. 

Representation

This represents Kony as a villain as he had made an army of children and had been bad. This extract represents all the evils in the world and it shows that there are problems in other countries without people knowing. With all the bad things that Kony has done it shows that people have it easy in countries such as England and America which means people should consider stopping things like this and should consider going to the country and helping out. Some people might feel that this sort of thing always helps in African countries which is stereotypical as it happens in other countries therefore people should not be stereotypical.    

Audience

This extract shows the audience all of the evils that are going on in the world. This helps the audience know what is going on around the world and what is going on in other countries. The audience can see what has happened and can help the country to which this has happened to by donating. The audience can see this extract in a variety of ways over the internet as this was shown on the news the audience can check it up on the internet. This extract will make people in other countries feel guilty as they could feel that they should have helped and should have been more thoughtful. They could also feel guilt as they wouldn’t want it to be their family and wouldn’t it to be anyone they know.