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Key Term - Genre

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A way of categorising a particular media text according to its content and style.

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Blue Sky Thinking

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Brainstorming ideas with no limits - open to all types of ideas - good or bad

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Key Term - Iconography

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Iconography is a word used in both the media and film industry to refer to a specific item that has a meaning. For example a gun on its own is not iconography but if it is a laser gun it is iconography of sci-fi.

Iconography is Code

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Key Term - Mise-en-scene

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Mise-en-scene is a term used in the theatre, film, TV and games to explain what will be in a frame.

Mise-en-scene is a Convention

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Genre Theory - Repertoire of Elements

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When an audience consume a media text defined by a generic label they have certain expectations of the text, certain features which are often described as the ‘repertoire of elements’.

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Genre Theory - Repetition & Difference

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Genre theory revolves around the ideas surrounding how we define and distinguish genres, and how we categorise films into genres based on usually conventional factors.

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Key Term - Mind map

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This is a document that has a clear format & allows ideas to be more organised.

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S.W.O.T

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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

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P.E.S.T

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Political Factors, Economic Factors, Social Factors, Technological Factors

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Key Term - Narrative

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Narrative can be split in to two things:
The story, what the story is about
The plot, how this story unfolds

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Narrative Theory - Binary Opposition

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Identifying that some form of conflict was required. These conflicts would be based upon the ideology of the community who wrote/told the story.

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Narrative Theory - Barthes Codes

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Action and Enigma Codes

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Action Codes

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Things that the audience recognise mean one thing will lead to the other - these are easier to understand if the genre is clear and if the action code works alongside the different stages in the narrative. Once they understand the way a character is behaving these are easier to understand.

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Enigma codes

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Mysteries that are set up early on in the narrative that the audience try to solve or work out whilst they are watching the text.

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Key Term - Representation

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Representation is how media texts deal with and present gender, age, ethnicity , national and regional identity, social issues and events to an audience.

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Key Term - Stereotypes

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A stereotype is a widely held, simplified, and essentialist belief about a specific group.

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Key Term - Ideology

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Ideas and general beliefs that people share