Media Definitions And Key Terms

Key media Terms

Props- A portable object used in a play or movie scenes.
SFX- An illusion created using props, camera work or has been computer generated during post production. Also known as special effect.
Sound types:
          Diegetic - Diegetic sound is any natural occurring sound, can be included either on or off screen. 

          Non Diegetic - Non Diegetic is when the source of the sound is not presented, often implemented during the post production process.

Shot cuts

Straight cut- a typical film transition used, created as a piece of post-production of video or film editing, used when combining multiple shots.

Jump shot- a straight forward transition to a different scene. 

Media Film Key Words.
Media language-  Language used by audio-visual,print and ICT - based media to produce meaning

Institution- they produce media texts for consumption  they will be seen as consciousness industries shaping our perceptions of ourselves everything around us.

Genre- Genre is the classification of any media text into a category or type example of this being the news, or TV soap opera.

Representation- The relationship between people, places, events, ideas, values and beliefs and their representation in the media and the issues and debates arising from this dynamic relationships

Audience- The people that are supposed to see and buy the product.

Ideology- The attitudes, beliefs and values held in common by groups of people and culturally produced within the community to sustain a particular way to life.

Narrative- The narrative is the way events are out together to be presented to an audience. The narrative allows use to explore how plots and story lines are put together, as well as how characters are integrated to how the narrative is executed.