How does media language construct meaning for the audience?

media language involves all the elements which construct and create meaning for the audience. Its the mise-en-scene, setting, costume, props, make up ans lighting also expressions. In the episode of young ones i have watched media language is important. I have seen props that help establish meaning such as in the first few seconds you see a vodka bottle the connotation of this is the characters are constantly drunk which fits the expectation their loud and unruly. All the characters although very different use exaggerated facial expressions this connotes their character and also adds humour. From costume i have also found alot about the characters for example one character has long hair and wears tatty clothes the connotation was he was a hippy i found this was true as he spoke really slowly and came across dopey and stoned this was acceptable in the hippy era he is also dirty and smelly which is also associated with hippys.

Vivion is connoted as an aggressive punk that is always shouting i found this from the way he dresses, he has his hair in a Mohawk, he has bizarre piercings and has nails coming from his head this costume gives one of the strongest meanings he is a dominate character that is always angry and aggressive you see throughout the clip he is a bully and overpowers the other characters. the other character is contorted as a posh character this is shown by the way he wears full proper pyjamas and they way he speaks - loudly, clearly and over exaggerated. the setting portrays key themes such as you know all the characters are living together, this is also shown by the mess around them and the fact they shout through the walls makes the whole set up amusing in my opinion.

From this episode i have concluded that media language plays an important part in the audience establishing meaning it makes the characters more humorous and helps establish the storyline this i picked up fast as i haven't seen an episode before. meaning is created and allows the audience to recognise characters, their motifs and their characteristics.