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Who Makes Meaning In a Film - the Director or the Audience?
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WHO MAKES MEANING IN A FILM - THE DIRECTOR OR THE AUDIENCE? It is my opinion that a director makes meaning in a film, although the audience will apply their own reading of it. Film has its own "language" and there are a wide range of techniques a director can use to enable the audience to understand his meaning. The director uses mise-en-scène to contribute hugely to how meaning is made in a film - a large part of how the story is told comes from visual content. The elements covered by mise-en-scène are setting, props, costume, performance, lighting and colour. However, the director can be limited by genre conventions established over time, i.e. Westerns or sci-fi. The setting of a film will immediately give the audience meaning and expectations for the film. For instance, the opening sequence of Thelma and Louise (1992) lets the audience know this film takes place in...
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