Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Analytical Suitcase (part 1)

I’ve been doing media studies for a few weeks now and I’ve learnt a lot of new terms and new language, so here is a post I am going to do every week or so when I learn new terms or language to do with mainly analylitical but also new shots ive found or editing skills.

Genre – this is what categorises films/books/music etc by what the content contains. E.g. comedy : funny jokes or actions done within a story line.

Linear- a story that has one fluent story line through out the whole film and runs very smoothly.

Non- Linear – a film that has several story lines going on at once, jumping from one and other, not running smoothly e.g. The Matrix.

Mise- en- scene – this is a word used about everything within the frame, what you are seeing as a viewer. E.g. The setting and location.

Convention – conventions are aspects that contribute towards a genre. E.g. rapid editing – action films.

Denotation – this is the primary meaning of something.

Connotation – this is a secondary meaning of something.

Representation – how something is presented within the content, how it is shown.

Stereotypes – prejudge and inferring something

To infer – reaching a conclusion by working things out; a logical guess

To deduce – reaching a conclusion by reasoning with something that is known; what we know

Juxtaposition – this is where all parts of the setting line up together

Ideology- belief/ system value practice throughout society.

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