Theory Meaning

Character views:

Darth Vader: Black and red colours on his outfit to symbolise evil and dark meaning. He also has a mask which de humanises him as it takes away his human features. He has a military style outfits which relates to the Nazis uniform which could have been placed purposely. He is part robotic which also dehumanises him as it replaces his human organs.

Obi Wan Kenobi: His clothing is relating to the monks which associates with religion meaning good. The use of blue on his Lightsaber which means authority and law and order. He shows his human features which makes him more of a good guy because he can be more trusted as you know what he looks like.

Ivan oose: The colour purple has the connotations of someone dying and poison which represents evil and bad people. His facial features are far from human and this dehumanises him completely making him look fearsome and untrusting. He has spikes on his head which cause his face to become inhuman and evil looking.

Maleficent: Purple used with green to represent evil with her face and outfit. Her eyes are the wring colour which makes her look mysterious and evil looking. She has horns on her head which can relate to the devil and hell. She has a crow on her shoulder and crows can represent death and despair.

Buzz Light-year: he could come across as evil as he has both purple and green on his costume which represent poison and evil however this is in contrast with white which is representing his good side however violence is part of his nature as he has a implanted laser in his arm which gives him a violent approach.

Captain America: He uses patriot colours in his outfit which show he is a man of law and order and they are the colours of the American flag which shows he is fighting for his country.

LA Noire Poster

The poster is split between blue and red which could symbolise good versus evil between the detective and the police force. When looking at the poster I feel that the police may be corrupted in the game as they are stood around in a crime scene on the red side of the poster. As for the detective character it looks like he is walking towards the good side away from the bad side which could symbolise a change in his loyalty. His outfit uses earth colours mixed with red and black which shows that he is a mostly good much has a touch of evil in him to which could suggest why he is holding a gun in his left hand. The gun is facing the good side which could mean that he is using his evil touch to use the gun to protect the girl on the good side. The logo uses bright 60s movie theatre look to stand out of the poster using yellow colours which could suggest the city is poisoned with evil characters.

Semiotics: the study of signs by creating the meaning from things to objects.

Connotation: what something can represent

Denotation: what something is (dictionary definition)

Sound

Digenesis: the story world of film

Digenetic sound is sound belonging to the story world of the film for example birds in the trees or passing traffic.

Non-digenetic sound is sound that is from outside the story world for example added orchestral sound effects.

Diegetic:

Dialogue Sound effects Ambient sound Music

Non- diegetic:

Soundtrack Orchestral sound effects

Iconography: the aspects of a product we expect us to see.

Sci-fi:

Planets Aliens Space Spaceships Future Time travel Rockets Advanced warfare

A narrative: a products storyline

A linier narrative: a storyline presented in order

A non-linier narrative: a narrative that jumps about in time

Stereotypes

Men:

Providing for the family Maintaining roof over the family More muscular and stronger More aggressive More popular in sports In charge Main driver More tied in with violence The colour blue is more associated

Women:

More defenceless Domestic jobs Better at multitasking Motherly instinct Longer life span Task giver Damsel in distress More associated with the colour pink