Monday, 15 November 2010

Key terms

Signifier = A thing used to represent something else. 

Aesthetic = The study of beauty. 

Diegetic sound = Sound that the characters are able to hear. 

Non-diegetic sound = A sound that is added in afterwards to create atmosphere, the characters can't hear this. (most commonly music). 

Shot composition = Arrangement of key elements within the frame.

Sequence = A series of shots. 

Mise en scene =  "what is put in the scene". The shot, the props, the set,  the actors and  the use of colour and lighting. 

Production valves = The cost production. 

Representation = How cultural meanings are created and understood through; gender, places, age, time periods, ethnicity, themes and social groups.

Juxtaposition = Two things that are close together which contrast. (most commonly one thing behind another)

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