Spectatorship

Question 1

WHAT did Umberto Eco say about how audiences decode texts? ❌👾

Answer 1

“You can’t control how an au decodes a text”

Question 2

DEFINE ‘Decoding’ in relation to audiences

Answer 2

How an audience interpret a text through its film form

Question 3

DEFINE Aberrant decoding 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣👾

Answer 3

The multiple different ways to decode a text

Question 4

DEFINE ‘encoding’ in relation to the film maker 🗣️💡

Answer 4

A filmmaker using film form to communicate ideas

Question 5

WHAT will active audiences do with a text? 🕵🏼‍♂️👾👾👾

Answer 5

Interrogate the 🎥 ➕ Open text up to Aberrant Decoding

Question 6

DEFINE ‘Positioning’ 🧍🏿‍♀️🎥

Answer 6

Where audience 🟰 placed in film

Question 7

WHAT are the 3️⃣ questions to positioning? 🦹🏻‍♀️💗🧍🏿‍♀️❓

Answer 7

• WHO’S side are we on?
• HOW are we supposed to feel about this character
• HOW has the 🎥 positioned us as this character

Question 8

WHAT is the effect of film form on audiences❓A➖💡

Answer 8

Encourages us to align ourselves with certain characters ➕ ideas💡

Question 9

7️⃣ Examples of film form that encourages au to align selves w/t characters ➕ ideas 💡

😀🔄🫵🏾👁️🎶🗣️⚽️

Answer 9

1) Close ups
2) Shot reverse shot
3) POVS
4) Eyeline match
5) Non-diegetic parallel score/🎶track
6) Non-diegetic Voiceover
7) Narrative - Postions us as protagonist on TODOROVIAN journey moving through struggle to defined goal (BORDWELL)

Question 10

WHAT are the 3️⃣ ways au responses may vary? 🤗😢😮‍💨

Answer 10

1) IDENTIFY
Shared identity + 👁️ self in character

2) EMPHASISE
Emotional understanding of character but ❌ shared identity

3) SYMPATHISE
Relief 🟰 ❌ have problems of character ➕ pity them