Media Language
The clothing a person is seen wearing often features styles, items, and colours that are perceived as being common to members of the represented group.
Costume
The literal, straight-forward interpretation of a media text.
Denotation
What is the name of the most subscribed YouTube channel?
PewDiePie
Won best picture at the 2020 Academy Awards (The Oscars)
Parasite
A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts
Shot
How an actor/model is directed to stand, act or speak in video or print media communicates a great deal about the character and their social group.
Performance/Body Language
Connotation
Roughly how many billion users are there on Facebook?
2.45 Billion
Which US rapper was shot dead this week in a home invasion?
Pop Smoke
The tilt of the camera in relation to the scene or characters
Camera Angles
This is seen in the script and communicates best who actors are and what they stand for. We can also tell a lot from how someone speaks (mood, tone, intonation etc), their word choice and even slang.
Dialogue
The selection or omission of facts, details and/or information in a media text.
Mediation
In which country was TikTok created?
China
Which country was US president Donald Trump impeached for withholding military aid from them in order to pursue investigations of corruption into potential Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his family?
Ukraine
Makes the subject on screen look superior and threatening.
Low Angle
The choice of people used in a media text
Casting
A collective who share something common and believe that this is significant
Social Group
What is the name of the disgraced movie producer currently in court of charges of sexual assault including rape?
Harvey Weinstein
What Oscar (Academy Award) did Taika Waititi recently win for his film 'Jojo Rabbit'?
Best Adapted Screenplay
To blur an image slightly
Soft Focus
Narrative detail applied to the character and how personality comes out
Characterisation
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea about a particular idea, event, belief, thing or person
Stereotype
What is the most streamed song on Spotify?
'Shape of You' by Ed Sheeran
Who has just been named 2020 New Zealander of the year?
Jennifer Ward-Lealand for her contribution to the performing arts sector and her advocacy for te reo Māori me ngā tikanga
The main characteristics of this shot are darkness, shadows, and patches of bright key light
Low-key lighting