intro

Question 1

name the 4 contexts

Answer 1

social and cultural
historical
economical
political

Question 2

codes and conventions

Answer 2

the typical features expected of a particular media text

Question 2

denotation

Answer 2

the literal meaning of something

Question 3

connotation

Answer 3

the inferred meaning of something

Question 4

what is camerawork split into

Answer 4

framing
angle
movement

Question 5

high angle

Answer 5

taken from above
smaller and weaker

Question 6

low angle

Answer 6

taken from below
bigger and stronger

Question 7

long shot

Answer 7

taken from a distance
bg and whole of subject in view

Question 8

mid shot

Answer 8

halfway between long shot + close up
waist up
detail and bg

Question 9

extreme close up

Answer 9

focuses on 1 area of detail

Question 10

close up

Answer 10

area of detail on a person head + shoulders
allows emotions to be seen
infers importance

Question 11

track

Answer 11

the whole camera moves to follow along with the action

Question 12

pan

Answer 12

camera moves side to side, pivoting on a central point
camera stand stays still

Question 13

tilt

Answer 13

camera moves up or down pivoting on a central point
like a pan on a vertical axis

Question 14

dolly

Answer 14

camera moves in and out of set, getting closer or further away from a subject

Question 15

diegetic sound

Answer 15

sounds from within the world of the media text
eg dialogue

Question 16

non-diegetic sound

Answer 16

sound from outside the world of the media text
eg voiceover, music tracks

Question 17

parallel sound

Answer 17

complements the real world of the text
enhances emotion/mood of scene

Question 18

contrapuntal sound

Answer 18

clashes with the atmosphere of the text
mood is opposite to what is on screen

Question 19

mise-en-scene

Answer 19

the way all the visual elements that you see on screen are arranged. they work together to form an overall ‘feel’

Question 20

back light/hair light

Answer 20

lights an actor or object from behind
placed higher than the object
separates object from bg

Question 21

key light

Answer 21

primary light source of the scene
most intense and direct light source
illuminates subject

Question 22

fill light

Answer 22

cancels out the shadows created by the key light
doesnt make its own shadows
less powerful than key
placed opposite key