Mix and Match all Flashcards

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Which theorist created the idea of “the male gaze”?

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Laura Mulvey:

All women in media are viewed through the eyes of heterosexual men.

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Which theorist states that all elements of a media text are codes that need to be read?

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Roland Barthes

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Give three examples of “codes” that can be read.

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Symbolic
Semantic
Gesture
Visual
Audio
Enigma
Action
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Who created Uses and Gratifications theory?

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Blulmer and Katz

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What are the 4 reasons people consume media? (Uses and Gratifications)

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  • Entertainment / Diversion
  • Information
  • Personal Identity
  • Socialization
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What year were Proctor and Gamble established?

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1946

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What years were Hammer Horror Films’ “Golden age”?

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1955 - 1976

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8
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In which year was the Kiss of the Vampires movie released?

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1963

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What does Judith Butler state about gender?

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Gender is a social construct. “Masculine” and “Feminine” are created through repetition.

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What is Wateraid’s aim?

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“To make water, toilets and hygiene available to everybody”.

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Which theorist is most closely linked to ideas of genre?

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Steve Neale

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Name some of the conventions of Horror movies shown in Kiss of the Vampires’ movie poster.

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  • Bats
  • Full moon
  • Dripping blood
  • Night
  • Fog
  • Isolated house
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Name the three words in small print on the Tide ad - “World’s _____ wash!” “World’s _____ wash!” “Actually _____ clothes!”

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“Cleanest”, “Whitest” and “Brightens”.

The first two are superlatives, which shows brand superiority.

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Name a few (3-5) conventions of charity advertising.

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  • Voiceover
  • Sad, slow music
  • Children/ mothers/ emotive imagery
  • B/W colour scheme or desaturated
  • Explicit pleas to donate
  • Statistics
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Define “wild tracking”. (Hint: it’s to do with how sound is recorded.)

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Sound recorded independently of the film or video shoot.

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What is a “canted shot”?

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A shot at a strange angle. Often done to confuse and disorient the viewer.

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What is a diagesis?

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A fictional space created by a text.

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Name the five levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

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  1. Physiological needs.
  2. Safety.
  3. Belonging
  4. Esteem
  5. Self-actualisation.
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Give an example of something “above the line” and something “below the line”.

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Above: a journalist writing professionally for a paper.
Below: commentors on the site who do not work for the paper.

20
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What is Wateraid’s USP?

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The positive message and codes in the advert, unlike many negative adverts. Aimed to “break the charity ad formula”.

21
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What does Paul Gilroy state?

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Colonial discourses continue to inform contemporary attitudes to race and ethnicity, even in the post-colonial era.

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How is suspense created in the Kiss of the Vampires poster? (Semiotics!)

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Enigmas re. the relationship between the vampires, connoted through composition and the word “Kiss”.

23
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What famous song is featured in the Wateraid advert?

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Sunshine on a Rainy Day

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What is the Dominant hegemonic reading?

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The position of a viewer who can identify with the hegemonic position and receive the dominant message of an image or text (such as a television show) in an unquestioning manner. (Often white males).

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Define encoding.
The message the producers want the media text to put across. E.g. they might encode a charity ad to make people donate money.
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Define decoding.
The message the audience actually takes from a media text, e.g. "that charity ad was tacky and it's not a worthy cause".
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Define stereotype.
a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
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Define Hegemony.
leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
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Define collective identity.
Collective identity is the shared definition of a group that comes from its members' common interests, experiences, and solidarities.
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Define voyeurism.
the practice of gaining sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.
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Define "female gaze".
The female gaze is a feminist film theoretical term representing the gaze of the female viewer.
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Define "male gaze".
In feminist theory, the male gaze is the act of depicting the world and women in the visual arts and literature from a masculine and heterosexual point of view, presenting women as objects of male pleasure. - mulvey
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Define marginalisation.
treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral.
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Define socialisation.
the activity of mixing socially with others, or learning to act in a way that is acceptable in society.