Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Key Terms Dictionary

Purpose - the reason for which something was created.

Style - a particular appearance typically determined by the principals in which it was designed.

Performance - how the form of entertainment is presented/the music video being focused on the artist.

Narrative - the music videos focus being on the story mostly.

Thematic - Having or relating to subjects or a particular subject.

Representation - How a certain group is portrayed by the media.

Gender - Male or Female

Ethnicity - cultural factors including nationality, regional culture, ancestry and language.

National Identity - sense of a nation as a cohesive whole represented by traditions culture and language.

Shots - a shot is the continues footage and movement of camera in between cuts or edits.

Angles - the position of the camera relative to the subject of the shot.

Movement- how the camera moves through the shot

Cut- a cut is an abrupt but trivial transition from one shot to another

Fade- a transition effect where the image slowly goes to black

Pace- the rhythm of the action in conjunction with the sequence.

Cut to beat- the cuts of a sequence being in time with beats in music

Expression and Gesture- visible body and face actions in a scene as a form of nonverbal communication.

Costume and Props- costume is what the subject is wearing in a shot which can match a theme or reflect something in the scene. A prop is an object used on the screen by an actor which is considered separate from the costume.

Iconography- the identification of symbols or themes that reoccur in an artist's films.

Lighting and Colour- the position of the lights, the light level and the set's colour.

Graphics- images which are generated by a computer.

Genre- a specific type of writing, film or music.

Star persona- The images and set of meanings that are recognisable to the audience in a star's work.

Motif-a re-occuring idea or image in the work of an artist.

Anchorage- when a piece of media uses another piece of media to reduce the amount of connotations in the first so it can be interpreted more easily.

Intertextuality- the process of creating references to any kind of media text via another kind.

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