Examining the characteristics of scene design composition and its role in conveying meaning

Document Type : researcher

Authors
alireza Mahdavi 1
Seyed mehdi Sharifee 2
Seyedali rahmanzade 3
Davood Nemati Anaraki 4
1 PhD Student of Communication IAU, University, Tehran, Iran.
2 media managment, Tehran university
3 Azad university
4 Department of Journalism and News, Communication and Media Faculty, IRIB University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/scm.2024.188594
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate the compositional characteristics of stage design and its role in conveying meaning. Qualitative content analysis method is used in this study. Qualitative content analysis seeks to maintain the advantages of quantitative content analysis in the interpretation of qualitative texts. For this reason, first by posing questions and then by conducting library studies, defining the analysis unit, reducing data, using the categorization system, modifying the categorization system based on the data, presenting a report of qualitative data (using MAXQDA software). And finally, by providing interpretations, analytical materials were presented about the researched texts. According to the review of reference texts, interviews, articles and various books (to the extent of theoretical saturation), the "aesthetic criteria" of the TV scene related concepts were extracted and coded. became. In such a way that the aesthetic criteria of the scene in television as the main concept are related to the main categories of the scene and composition and they are in turn related to other concepts and subcategories. About the very important concept of composition. The components are rhythm, balance, proportion, shape, background and positive and negative space. By paying attention to the main concepts and sub-categories and understanding the structural and causal relationships between them, it is possible to reach from theoretical relationships to their practical aspects in creating the best visual effects on the stage.

​In this research, we tried to find aesthetic criteria by taking into account the main concepts and sub-categories.

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Society Culture Media
Volume 13, Issue 51
Summer 2024
Pages 301-317

  • Receive Date 06 December 2023
  • Revise Date 21 January 2024
  • Accept Date 30 January 2024