Mise en scene:
Costume, lighting, actors, props and settings.
Anchorage:
The ability of a piece of accompanying text or sound
to focus the message of an image so
that it is interpreted in the way that was intended.
Iconography: The study of iconic symbols.
Tagline: a short secondary phrase attached to the title of a film that expands on its nature
and helps to capture audience attention.
Binary Opposition: a pair of direct opposites
such as good and evil, black and white or male and female.
Hero: in a narrative, the main character that represents ‘good’, who has to
defeat the forces of ‘evil’ represented by the villain.
Villain: in a narrative,
the character that represents ‘bad’, whom the hero (representing ‘good’) has to
defeat.
Femme Fatale: The
women who seduces and then betrays the man.
Typography: The
appearance of printed characters on a page.
Hybrid: a combination of cultural forms (styles of music, genres
of film
etc.) resulting in a new form,
or one that is popular with the audiences of both the original forms.
Connotes: Associates, implies or suggests.
Enigmacode: A theory that suggests a text (whether it be television,
film or poster etc.) portrays a mystery to draw an audience in.
Monochrome: using or displaying only shades of one colour
or black and white.
Adaptation: A change e.g. from a comic to a film.
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