Media key terms

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  • Created by: Brandon
  • Created on: 18-02-13 23:21
Mise en scene
Refers to everything that appears before the camera- talk about costumes, props, colour, body language, amke up, location and lighting
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Denotation
the simple description of an image/sound without any meanings attached to it.
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Connotations
The meaning that the audience give to the sign/image/sound according to it's context and cultural experiences of the audience.
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Anchorage
The text captions or voice over that accompanies a text and "anchor" it's meaning
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Polysemic images
Images which have many possible meanings
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Audience
Groups of people who are all watching/consuming a specific media text.
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Target audience
Specific groups of people that media producers or advertisers want to reach.
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Diegetic Sound
This is the sound that exists in the world of story, sounds that the characters can hear.
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Non-diegetic
Exists outside of the world of story, sounds the characters cannot hear.
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the simple description of an image/sound without any meanings attached to it.

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Denotation

Card 3

Front

The meaning that the audience give to the sign/image/sound according to it's context and cultural experiences of the audience.

Back

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Card 4

Front

The text captions or voice over that accompanies a text and "anchor" it's meaning

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Images which have many possible meanings

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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