Film Language and Natural Language

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: A-, Edinburgh Napier University, language: English, abstract: The language of film is unlike any existing natural or verbal language as the meaning in natural language comes from a system of conventional signs and symbols, while in film there are no conventional meanings to grasp from cinematic images. This essay analyses some of the main arguments in film language regarding the similarities and differences between film language and verbal language.