Representation Terms Flashcards
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Technical codes
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The tools used in production to communicate meanings and ideas with the audience (e.g. camera shots)
2
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Visual codes
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Visual signs within a text which allows the audience to further understand the intended meaning e.g. clothing and expression
3
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Non- diegetic audio
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Sound not present in a scene (voice over or soundtrack)
4
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Diegetic audio
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Sound that can seen coming from an object or person in the scene
5
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Tokenism
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When amnesia text text includes a small number of members from a minority group to make the text seem ‘balanced’. But the group doesn’t take a central role within the text
6
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Diaspora
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A group of people displaced from their historical homeland
7
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Post-colonialism
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Critical approach concerned with the effects of colonisation
