Key Terms Flashcards
What is ‘Mise-en-scene’ ?
media term for what you see in the scene
What does Voyerist mean?
audiences involved in private moments/ audiences
Explain Crane camera movement
crane moving along around a distance above ground level
Explain Rolling shot
camera moves diagonally, making the image askew (as if someone’s drunk etc)
What does niche mean?
targeted towards a specific audience/ specialised market
What is convergence?
when a media product can be accessed by one or more media platforms
Example of broadsheets aka Blue Tops
The Guardian
Example of Tabloid aka Red Tops
Daily Mail
What is pleonastic sound?
where are certain sound is emphasised for dramatic effect
What is parallel sound?
where does sound we here usually complements the image e.g. hearing a fight in a fight scene
What is contrapuntal sound?
Westsound deliberately contrast with the visuals or theme of audiovisual text. Eg in the film ‘Kids’ Casper the friendly ghost theme song was playing over particularly brutal fight scene 
What does sound bridge mean?
Sound from one scene with often continue even though the visual image has moved onto the next scene
