LITERATURE/ PRINT MEDIA Solitary Paper and ink Screen—computer, e- reader, phone FILM/MOVING IMAGE Solitary/Communal Film stock, video-tape, digital VCR, DVD, TV, internet
BOOK Skim Re-read Bookmark Annotate MOVING PICTURE Constant motion in theater Control in other situations Replay Skip/scan Freeze
PRINT Plot Character Setting FILM Screenplay Act0rs Faces, gestures, voice Sets Costumes, props
PRINT Dialogue Interior monologue Narrator ▪ Point of view: 1 st, 3 rd ▪ Omniscient, limited, unreliable FILM Dialogue Voiceover Music, sound effects Narrator ?
PRINT Diction: denotation, connotation Tone Syntax: sentence structure Style FILM Photography— “photo” = “light” “graphy”= “writing” Writing with light color, b& w, lens, film stock Shots & angles: Framing, edition, transitions Mis-en-scene
PRINT TEXT EXPERIENCE OF THE READER-GENERALLY PRIVATE REACTION IS GERERALLY PRIVATE FILM VISUAL TEXT EXPERIENCE OF THE VIEWER-GENERALLY PUBLIC REACTION IS INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL
Age Gender Race Socio-economic background Geographic location Education Travels Personal film viewing All combine to create individual taste in film
Response to film IDENTIFICATION Complex process by which we empathize with, project onto, or participate in a place, action, or character.
Response to film Cognition Our rational reaction that involves the intellectual activities of comparison and comprehension