Tuesday, 4 November 2008

Media Terminology

Over the past term, we have expanded our knowledge on a variety of things, such as:
  • Thriller genres
  • Thriller directors
  • Thriller films
  • Typical thriller locations
  • Thriller protagonists and antagonists
  • How to use the filming equipment
  • How to use final cut pro

However, in this post, i have decided to re-cap on the terminolgy. We should all know have a fairly wide vocabulary of media terms:

Genre: A category of media texts characterized by a particular style, form or content.

Industry: The agencies and institutions involved with the production of media texts. The term is also used in a more narrow sense to describe the commercial production of media texts for the purpose of making a profit.

Film Noir: French for "black film" or "dark film". A term used describe a genre of film popular in America between 1940 and 1960.

Fade: A transition to or from "nothing". In audio, to or from silence. In video, to or from a colour such as black.

Focus: The process of adjusting the lens in order to obtain a sharp, clear picture

Pan: Horizontal camera movement.

180 degree rule: The 180° rule is a basic film editing guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

Mise en scene: The arrangement of visual compositional elements and movements within a given space. In movies, it is defined by the frame that enclosed the images.

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