Iconography& Iconography for Chick Flicks

Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images. The term is also used in many academic fields other than art history, for example semiotics and media studies, and in general usage, for the content of images, the typical depiction in images of a subject, and related senses. Sometimes distinctions have been made between Iconology and Iconography, although the definitions and so the distinction made varies.

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Iconography for Chick Flicks.

In chick flicks there is iconography such as mobile phones and blackberries as the technology is up to date as chick flicks these days try to relate more to the teenage age group. Normally in the end of the chick flick the girl and boy end up together and maybe get married, iconography for that would be the rings to symbolize the marriage. The fashion in the film is also iconography as in the film the characters are trying to stand out and be noticed by others. Nice cars will be iconography as it is a symbol for the audience to indentify which characters are the wealthy ones and who are not. There will be a lot of laughing in the chick flick as they are a comedy genre of film.

Iconography also includes all the things that enables the film to be seen as part of a specific genre. This includes the setting which gives you a real idea of the film and what it is going to be based. Mise-en-scene which is everything you can see on the screen as well as use of camera because to get a film to its full potential it is required to use a range of different uses with the camera to get the most out of it. Editing styles like use of camera can make a big difference to the film as it can change a plain shot into something a a lot more interesting by using different editing styles.