LO3

Question 1

Name 5 elements of mise-en-scene.

Answer 1

• Properties
• lighting
• iconography
• colour design
• costumes

Question 2

Name 10 camera shot types.

Answer 2

• Close up
• Extreme close up
• Medium shot
• Long shot
• Two-shot
• Crowd shot
• Over the shoulder shot
• Ariel shot
• POV
• Medium long shot

Question 3

Name 5 continuity editing techniques.

Answer 3

• Master shot
• Eyeliner match
• Insert shot
• Ellipsis
• Cross cutting

Question 4

Name 3 Non-Continuity editing techniques.

Answer 4

• Flashback
• Flash forward
• Time lapse

Question 5

What is verisimilitude?

Answer 5

The appearance of being true or real.

Question 6

What are the two narrative theories and who are they by?

Answer 6

• Tzvetan Torodov - 5 step narrative formula

* Lévi Strauss - Binary opposition

Question 7

Explain the 5-step narrative formula.

Answer 7

1. Equilibrium
2. Disruption to the equilibrium
3. Recognition of the disruption
4. An attempt to repair the disruption
5. A return/restoration of a new equilibrium
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Question 8

Explain Binary opposition.

Answer 8

Binary opposition includes opposites such as good and evil, white and black or young and old. It is important to think about who is the protagonist and antagonist.

Question 9

What is the objectification of women and who is the theory by?

Answer 9

Laura Mulvey - women are presented as sex objects in all media texts. The female body is positioned to attract heterosexual men and this is known as the ‘male gaze’.

Question 10

What is the audience pleasures theory and who is it by?

Answer 10

Rick Altman

• Emotional pleasures - Happy, sad, nostalgic and so on?
• Visceral pleasures - Gut responses such as excitement, fear and laughter.
• Intellectual puzzles - Does it make the audience think?