Homework - Micro and Macro Terminology

Micro
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...