Weeks 1&2
Who controlled the media we used to watch?
media creators and distributors over when we saw things.
True love can lead to willing sacrifice.
What are... original stories, true stories, adaptations of others stories
What is a treatment
What is... how we order images is as important as the images themselves
What is involved in a great treatment?
What is
Includes conflict, moves the plot forward
BONUS: Everything hinges on characters
Define convergence
taking conventional media (books, paper) and make them digital and to go on the web
Name two purposes of manipulating POV
Channel, direct and control the spectators knowledge and their desire for more information
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
What is a log line
Name two elements of composition
Balance (symmetry) • Proximity (how close/far—often related to depth of field) • Similarity (how much like each other) • Correspondence (resonance) • Emphasis (how much greater in importance) • Readability (distance, importance) • Equilibrium • Figure/Ground
Name a color and the emotional response associated with that color.
What is...
Colors: Blue, Green, Violet
• Cool colors suggesting relaxation or lack of physical or personal “warmth”
• Can appear to “recede” into a scene
Colors: Red, Orange, Yellow
• Warm colors suggesting tension or passion
• Appear to “advance” in a scene
What is timeshifting in relation to streaming services? (think who has control)
We think we have more control, but we are limited by the programming offered and we spend a lot of time figuring out what we want to watch
Define both premise and theme (as two separate entities)
Premise: A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn. The “idea” that is proven through the story.
Theme: A subject of specific artistic representation. The theme focuses the universal truth (the premise) into a specific situation.
Good stories include...
Premise, Theme, Character, Conflict, Plot
Name a style of continuity editing
What is...
Matching consecutive shots to tell a story or to inform.
Clear sense of location and time
Color, shot, framing, and screen direction help orient the viewer
Compare and contrast Montage and Mis-en-Scene
Mise-en-scene refers to literally anything that is on set or location. It is about how something is PRODUCED
Montage refers to sequencing u It is about how something is EDITED
Informational
Educational
Enlightening
Entertaining
Persuasive
Instructional
Name the three parts to a premise
What is
Dramatic
Issue Movement
Fulfillment
Describe the three act structure
What is...
Act I: Goal or Objective Set up for Protagonist
Act II: Developing opposition to goal or objective
Act III: Crisis avoided, major conflict resolved
Define Mis-en-scene
“Putting things in place” or “setting the scene.”
The relationship between the camera (audience) and what is in its sights.
Define the CSI Effect
things in real life take a lot longer than on television
Describe the elements of control people in the U.S. had over programming (based on a timeline)
At first people did not have control--> CBS, NBC, ABC
Now a days, we can chose what we want, when we want, but this is limited by economic affordance and access
What words or elements are not a part of successful premise
is, can be, or might
define jeopardy (course related)
What is- what a character risks by beginning the mission
Create an example of either synecdoche or metalepsis
(Sin-ek-dough-key) Using a part of something to represent the whole: u A chili pepper representing a mexican restaurant. u An abandoned child’s balloon representing the child’s lost innocence u A lot of mirrors could represent vanity
(Met-a-lep-sis) The use of an “after” image to indicate what came before: u Several empty beer glasses indicates mass consumption of beer. u A messy kitchen indicates the prior preparation of a big meal.
Provide an example from the lecture videos about Decoding and explain what happened in the example
Monster energy, breast health, Tom Ford perfume