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Key Words + Theories Flashcards

1
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No background information and only part of the face is visible.

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Extreme/Big close up (ECU or BCU)

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From the waist up.

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Medium shot/Mid shot (MS)

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You can see a characters whole body.

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Long shot (LS)

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You can see mountains and people are tiny.

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Extreme long shot (ELS)

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Extreme/Big close up (ECU or BCU)

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No background information and only part of the face is visible.

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Medium shot/Mid shot (MS)

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From the waist up.

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Long shot (LS)

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You can see a characters whole body.

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Extreme long shot (ELS)

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You can see mountains and people are tiny.

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High angle shot (HAS)

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Looking down on something

Makes the character look weak or small

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The character is very far away and is very small

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Extreme long shot (ELS)

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Low angle shot (LAS)

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Looking up at something

Used on buildings and important/powerful people.

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12
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Makes objects seem large and powerful

Used on buildings and important/powerful people.

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High Angle Shot (HAS)

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Shot - Reverse - Shot (SRS)

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Switch over peoples shoulders to show their faces during a conversation.

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14
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switch over peoples shoulders to show their face during a conversation.

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Shot - Reverse - Shot (SRS)

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Canted shot (CS)

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any shot can be used but the cameras slanted so the pictures at an angle.

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16
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any shot can be used but the cameras slanted so the pictures at an angle.

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canted shot (CS)

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Panning shot.

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You can pan from left to right or right to left.

The camera pivots in one position.

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18
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You can pan from left to right or right to left.

The camera pivots in one position.

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Panning shot.

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Tracking shot

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Tracking from left to right and right to left.

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20
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Tracking from left to right and right to left.

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Tracking shot

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Tilt shot

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The camera pivots from a single shot.

Up and down.

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The camera pivots from a single shot.

Up and down.

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Tilt shot

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23
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Crane shot

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Wide variety of changing movements.

24
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Wide variety of changing movements.

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Crane shot

25
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What are the types of sound?

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Diegetic sound
Non-diegetic sound
On-screen sound 
Off-screen sound 
Parallel sound
Contrapuntal sound
26
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Diegetic sound

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Sounds that are naturally there.

E.g. Footsteps and guns firing.

27
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Non-diegetic sound

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Sound that has to be edited in.

E.g. Music and narration.

28
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On-screen sound

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Always diegetic

Viewers can see the sound be generated

29
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Off-screen sound

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Always non-diegetic

Viewers cannot see the sound be generated.

30
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Parallel

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Sound which is appropriate and fits the imagery

31
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Contrapuntal

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Sound which doesn’t fit into the tune of the visual imagery.

32
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Highbrow TV

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Intellectual or rarefied in taste

33
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Intellectual or rarefied in taste

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Highbrow TV

34
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Lowbrow TV

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Not intellectual or cultural

35
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Not intellectual or cultural

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Lowbrow TV

36
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Hypodermic needle

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Developed in the 1920s + 1930s
Linear communication theory
Passive audience
No individual difference

37
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Linear patterns

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Progresses forward towards a resolution

38
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Non linear

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Less unusual but provides intrigue and creates mystery. May use flashbacks

39
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Multi - strand media

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Popular in broadcast tv and films.

Involves more then one narrative running parallel involving different characters locations.

40
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Propp

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Vladimir Propp says that there are 8 types of Character
The Hero
The Villain
The Donor
The Dispatcher
The False Hero
The Helper
The Princess
Her Father
41
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Perkins

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Stereotyping is not a simple process and contains a number of assumptions that can be challenged

42
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Todorov

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Todorov’s narrative theory suggests that all narratives follow a three part structure

43
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Hypodermic Needle Theory

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The views of the media are injected into the audience

44
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Two Step Flow

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This theory asserts that information from the media moves in two distinct stages.
Individuals
Opinion leaders

45
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Cultivation Theory

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Cultivation theory examines the long-term effects of television.

46
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Maslow

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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is in the shape of a pyramid with the most fundamental levels of needs at the bottom and the need for self-actualization at the top

47
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Uses and Gratifications

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Uses and gratifications theory is an approach to understanding why and how people actively seek out specific media to satisfy specific needs.

48
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Bechdal Test

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The Bechdel Test is a simple test which movies are tested to see if it has to have at least two women in it, who talk to each other about something besides a man.

49
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The Hero

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The character that seeks something

50
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The Villain

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Opposes or actively blocks the hero’s quest

51
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The Donor

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Provides an object with magical properties

52
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The Dispatcher

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Sends the hero on his/her quest via a message

53
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The False Hero

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Distrust the hero success by making false claims

54
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The Helper

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Aids the hero

55
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The Princess

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Acts as the reward for the hero and the object of the villains plot

56
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Her Father

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Acts to reward the hero for the hero’s efforts

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