Media key words and theorys

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Contrapuntal sound
sound can be used to create a contrast between what is seen and what we hear.
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Sound bridges
Sound bridges are used to provide continuity from one scene to another. We do not see the join. Imaginative use can create meaning chattering birds can merge into the chatter of students.
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The meaning of editing
editing forms a specific language by juxtaposing (placing together) images and makes sense of time and space in narratives.
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Male gaze by Laura Mulvey
This is where men objectify women on screen.
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Levi-strauses
Narratives consist of binary opposites which drive the narrative e.g. good vs evil
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Roland Barthes
Narratives are propelled by a series of codes (cultural, action, symbolic and enigma)
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Prefered reading of a text
"I understand what you are saying and I agree"
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negotiated
"I understand what you are saying and I agree with some of what you're saying"
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opposition
"I understand what you are saying but I disagree you're saying"
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hedgemony
the hedgemony model claims that the ruling classes or bodies maintain power by exerting control over every aspect of cultural life and that includes the media.
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prop
vladamir prop came up with the idea that all narratives need character types (hero, villain, princess, dispatcher, helper, donor, blockers, king, false hero, henchmen, temptress,
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todorovian narrative
this divides a film up into the following sections; Equilibrium, disruption, recognition, resolution and the final equilibrium.
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Story types
there are seven story types that fit into a film, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Achilles, Circe, Faust, Orpheus and Tristan.
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Sound bridges are used to provide continuity from one scene to another. We do not see the join. Imaginative use can create meaning chattering birds can merge into the chatter of students.

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editing forms a specific language by juxtaposing (placing together) images and makes sense of time and space in narratives.

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This is where men objectify women on screen.

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Narratives consist of binary opposites which drive the narrative e.g. good vs evil

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