Video visuals
The type of video wherein original performers, actors or extras perform
What is live action?
The words of a song — often used in plural“ (from the ancient Greek instrument the lyre)
What are "lyrics"?
a genre of rock music that has a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness
What is (heavy) metal?
an explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful actors, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable
What is a conspiracy theory?
A model of argumentation that breaks arguments down into six component parts: claim, grounds, warrant, qualifier, rebuttal, and backing
What is Toulon's model (of argumentation)?
The type of cuts where the camera "jumps" or skips slightly ahead to save time
What are jump cuts?
Another word for "subject matter" (derived from the greek word "topos" meaning "place")
What is a topic?
A term that defines how loud the music is
What is amplitude or volume?
The theory that states that we believe in conspiracy theories because they are easy short-cuts to understanding the world (it is hard to understand a complex world)
What is the epistemic theory?
A model that describes an act of communication by defining who said it, what was said, in what channel it was said, to whom it was said, and with what effect it was said
What is Laswell's model of communication (or communication model)?
The meaning of the term "CGI"
What is "computer generated images"?
a subject of artistic representation having universal or near-universal human relevance
What is a theme?
the part of a song that are repeated
What is the chorus?
The theory that states that we believe in conspiracy theories because they give us space, identity and acceptance within a group
What is the social theory?
the belief or mode of thinking that holds that unrelated events are causally connected despite the absence of any plausible causal link between them, particularly as a result of supernatural effects
What is magical or superstitious thinking?
The opposite of a close-up?
What is a long shot?
An umbrella term covering sociolects, dialects and other forms of variations on or deviations from the norms within any given language
What is non-standard language?
the distance between the lowest and the highest note in a musical part or in an instrument/singer
What is the (chromatic) range?
The theory that states that we believe in conspiracy theories because they work as comforters that make us feel safe (paradoxically) and in control of our world
What is the existential theory?
The tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things. Also defined as "unmotivated seeing of connections [accompanied by] a specific feeling of abnormal meaningfulness"
What is apophenia or patternicity?
A fancy greek word that means that the sound in a shot comes from a source inside the shot
What is diegetic (sound)?
A word (with greek origins) that means the new symbolic meaning given to a thing or concept
What is a metaphor?
the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beat
What is rhythm?
The single most alarming problem with belief in conspiracy theories
What is a lack of trust in authorities?
An attempt to prevent the public from discovering information about something important
What is a cover-up?