Glossary -
Mise en Scene - Everything that appears within the scene.
Verisimilitude - Being believable or having the appearance or being true.
Production - Everything in the making of a text / film etc.
Code - A system of signs which can be decoded to create meaning.
Convention - What the audience expects to see in a certain genre.
Code - A system of signs which can be decoded to create meaning.
Convention - What the audience expects to see in a certain genre.
Continuity - The state of continuing without changes.
Diegetic Sound - A sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film, sounds made by objects in the story or music represented as coming from the instruments in the story.
Non Diegetic Sound - Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action e.g.. narrators commentary, sound effects added for dramatic effect, mode music. Non-diegetic sound is represented as coming from a source outside the story space.
McGuffin - An object or device in a form of media that serves only as a trigger for the plot.
Match on Action - Match on action occurs when an action that begins in one shot is continued or completed in the next.
Shot / Reverse Shot - A film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.
The 180 Degree Rule - People in the scene must remain on their original side. If the side is switched then the movement of the camera to the second position must be shown. The audience must be re-orientated at the end of the scene as they are a secondary participant.
Narrative - An account of connected events within a story.
Protagonist - The leading or one of the major characters within a story. An advocate or champion of a particular cause or idea.
Antagonist - A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something.
Diegetic Sound - A sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film, sounds made by objects in the story or music represented as coming from the instruments in the story.
Non Diegetic Sound - Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action e.g.. narrators commentary, sound effects added for dramatic effect, mode music. Non-diegetic sound is represented as coming from a source outside the story space.
McGuffin - An object or device in a form of media that serves only as a trigger for the plot.
Match on Action - Match on action occurs when an action that begins in one shot is continued or completed in the next.
Shot / Reverse Shot - A film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.
The 180 Degree Rule - People in the scene must remain on their original side. If the side is switched then the movement of the camera to the second position must be shown. The audience must be re-orientated at the end of the scene as they are a secondary participant.
Narrative - An account of connected events within a story.
Protagonist - The leading or one of the major characters within a story. An advocate or champion of a particular cause or idea.
Antagonist - A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something.
Cinematography - The art of photography and camerawork in film-making e.g.. the style.
Archetypes - A character who's behaviour and appearance match a stereotype.
Stereotype - A label that is attached to a social group based upon the actions/ beliefs of a few.
Synergy -
Conglomerate -
Cross Media Convergence -
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