media language

Question 1

what does diegetic mean?

Answer 1

belongs in the diegesis ( the fictional world- the character can hear the sounds)

Question 2

what does non diegetic mean?

Answer 2

doesn’t belong in the diegesis

Question 3

contrapuntal

Answer 3

sound that contrasts the scene ( e.g.- JAWS)

Question 4

5 examples of mis en scene

Answer 4

costume, props, lighting, shot types, colour

Question 5

parallel sound

Answer 5

sound which fits with what you expect

Question 6

wild tracking

Answer 6

sound recorded separatly before the filming and added on ( a punch - created by melons) FOLEY ARTIST

Question 7

demographic

Answer 7

the aspects of a group/ person/audience that are fixed at birth/ not easily changed about a person. EG height ethnicicity nationality…

Question 8

psychographic

Answer 8

these are the aspects of personality that audiences can control EG sports team fashion hobbies…

Question 9

filter bubble

Answer 9

algorithms are used to select info which may be suitable for an audience member , without the users awareness

Question 10

echo chamber

Answer 10

filling your brain with the same/similar content that applies only to your interests

Question 11

AIDA what does it stand for

Answer 11

Awareness Interests Desire Action ( the things you get out of the media)

Question 12

hegemony

Answer 12

people in power want to stay in power EG male domination

Question 13

5 key aspects of gothic genre

Answer 13

bats, blood, castles, pale faced, moon, darkness, dull colours…etc

Question 14

what happened in the 60s

Answer 14

first man on moo NEIL ARMSTRONG, civil rights movement, birth control, hippies, J.F Kennedy, Beatles,, Martin Luther king shot, England won world cup, Vietnam war…

Question 15

enigma codes

Answer 15

allow the audience to question certain aspects of a film

Question 16

Binary Oppositions

Answer 16

a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning

Question 17

semantics

Answer 17

words that associate with each other

Question 18

CGI

Answer 18

computer generated imagery

Question 19

denotation

Answer 19

the everyday or common sense meaning of a sign

Question 20

Feminism

Answer 20

the struggle by women to obtain equal rights in society

Question 21

Ideology

Answer 21

A set of ideas or beliefs which are held to be acceptable by the creators of the media text, maybe in line with those of the dominant ruling social groups in society, or alternative ideologies such as feminist ideology

Question 22

Mise en Scene

Answer 22

literally ‘what’s in the shot’ everything that appears on the screen in a single frame and how this helps the audience to decode what’s going on.