Glossary of terms

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Angle
camera angle - different vantage points e.g low angle, high angle
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Audio effect
the way the audio is edited e.g sound effects
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Categorisation
Putting this inyo generalised groups
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composition
how the shot is set up
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connotation
words associated with something
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constructional representation
when you read the text and come to your own opinion
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cultural codes
things that define the culture
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dialogue
what is been spoken
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diagetic sound
everyday sound
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non-diagetic
added in sound
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dress codes
what they're wearing
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editing
post production
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establishing shots
sets the scene
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exhibitionism
the act or practice of behaviour to attract attension to oneself
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framing a shot
making a deliberate choice of what is in the shot
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Genre
what catergory a form of media that it is put in e.g film genres action, crime, romance, comedy etc
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Hegemony
dominate culture/attitude
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hierarchy
order of importance
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Homogeny
Finding similsrity/ treating people the same
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identity
who you are/ who a person is
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ideology
beliefs and valves
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image editing
changing the image
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intentional representation
intentions of the producer
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intertextuality
reference to other text
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juxtaposition
two opposite ideas
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mise-en-scene
everything in the shot e.g location, props, dress codes
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movement
camera movement
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narrative
a story
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objectification
seeing people as ojects
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over the shoulder shot
from behind the main character
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overhead shot
higher angle
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point of view shot
point of view of the character
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polysemy
many meaning
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reflective represenation
reflecting real life
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representation
when the media presents something e.g age, gender, social group or issues in society, ethnicity etc
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rule of thirds
having something off to one side and framing into three (grid)
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semiotics
symbole and meaning
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stereotype
a group of people typically seen in one way
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subgenre
a smaller part of one genre
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hybrid genre
a mixture of two or more genre
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subversion
challenging
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technical codes
the way the text is put together (TICL) and moving image (ECLSM)
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two shot
two people in the shot
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verismilitude
apperance of being real
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voyeurism
plursure from watching and being unseen
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the way the audio is edited e.g sound effects

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Audio effect

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Putting this inyo generalised groups

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how the shot is set up

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words associated with something

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