COMP 1 - British Key Terms Flashcards
mundane mainstream lifestyle
hetero-normative, capitalism, consumerism, dominant ideology
counter cultural
anti-Establishment, differ from regular
false consciousness
situation in which people in the lower classes come to accept a belief system that harms them; the primary means by which powerful classes in society prevent protest and revolution
Thatcherite ideologies
traditional, nationalistic, industrialism- working hard for money, poor people are lazy
CAPITALISM
Pseudo-Individualization
standardized commodity objects are presented with an illusory veil of difference and diversity
hegemony
leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.
liminal space
the space between, a space of crossing, the space just before a threshold which has yet to be crossed (e.g. the space between dreaming and waking is a liminal space)
conscpicuous consumption
the act of buying and using products to make a statement about social standing
Commodity Fetishism
separates goods from context of production for new meanings to be attached
paradigm shift
a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions.
zombification
not conscious of their choices, indoctrination
structuralist film theory
lighting, camera angle, sounds, duration of shots, and other non-verbal cues
Formalist Film Theory
theory concentrated on form, style and technique
graphical
Cool Britannia
Term that describes success of UK culture in 1990s, new lad/ladette, rebels and
The Stanislavskian Method
Set of techniques for and theories about acting that promotes a realistic style stressing psychological gestures and emotional truth as opposed to conventional theatricality.
cinematographer Trainspotting
Brian Tufano
editing SOTD
whip pans, crash zooms, smash cuts
blind obedience
obeying orders without thinking about consequences of these actions for yourself or others
The Male Gaze (Laura Mulvey)
the way in which the visual arts and literature depict the world and women from a masculine point of view, presenting women as objects of male pleasure
mirror theory
gender stereotyping in advertising depends on gender related developments and value changes in society
Lacan - Mirror
The mirror stage is based on the belief that infants recognize themselves in a mirror or other symbolic contraption which induces apperception from the age of about six months.
Scopophilia (Mulvey)
deriving pleasure from looking as an act of sexual expression
to-be-looked-at-ness (Mulvey)
this gaze is male because the ‘look’ in cinema is controlled by men and aimed at the female as an object
the actors and spectators voyeuristically identify with the camera and gaze at women in a fetishistic way
voyeurism
desire to watch others having sexual relations or to spy on nude people
