To get your Media Language marks you will need to use key terms. Try using some of these...
Mise-en-scene: Everything in the shot (has meaning). Lighting, Props, Colours, Characters
Iconography: The physical props that represent the genre ie Police Car, Handcuffs
Signifier: The physical item that represents something ie Traffic Lights
Signified: The associated meaning ie Red = Stop
Intertextuality: One media text making reference to another.
Postmodern: A complex text. It is a mixture of genres etc
Parody: A text that sends up a media text ie Scary Movie
Pastiche: A text that sends up a media text whilst keeping the original conventions of its genre.
Conventions: The elements that make up a genre.
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