The little things that add up to make a representation, including the four key areas: mise en scene, camera work, editing and sound.
Enigma - something that creates interest for the audience that is not addressed during the drama
Denotes - defining an object at the simplest level e.g. a heart is red
Connotes - deeper meaning on something e.g. the heart connoted love
Consumer - viewer of media products
Ideologies - a personal belief e.g. Patriotism is right
Iconography - a visual image of representation e.g. kitchen sink dramas represent a homely community
Stereotype - a view that is perceived as 'the norm'
Code - signs/symbols e.g. a code of a medical drama would be a heart monitor
Conventions - a set of rules e.g. a convention of a Bond film would the title sequence - it's what they would use to define a Bond film
Verisimilitude - how it relates to real-life e.g. a social realism film, such as This Is England - relates to the views at the time it was made
Ambient Sound - something which creates an atmosphere within a drama, however it's present within it e.g. a heart monitor
Incidental Sound - something which is added over the top of a drama e.g. a soundtrack/sound effect
Motif - a recurring symbol/object e.g. the tardis in Doctor Who
Narrative Bridge - something which joins the narrative together e.g. a montage/flashback
Narrative Economy - saving the story, not revealing full storyline, allowing the audience to make connections
Editing Micro Terms
Jump Cut - an abrupt transitional device which jars the continuity e.g. my montage with smashup frobo - the action jumped between different parts - mainly done to create dramatic effect
Cross Cutting - interweaving between different locations/settings. Often used to build up tension or compare two different scenes.
Cutaways - shortly interupts continuous action and then jumps back to original shot
Eye-line Match - cuts from one character to another, achieving continuity as the effect that is achieved allows the audience to think they're looking straight at each other
Graphic Match - effect that dissolves two different objects from one to another
Montage - a mini story which cross-cuts between an ongoing narrative e.g. my montages during Missing
Parallel Editing - events in two locations are cut together, in order to imply a connection between the two events
Continuity Editing - aims to create a sense of reality - also nicknamed invisible editing, referring to how the technique does not draw attention to editing process
Macro
This suggests that...
This represents...
This signifies that...
The ideology of...is clearly created through this representation...
