Data/Tech
Film Themes/ Components
Social Media
Lighting and Angles
Sound and Music
100

Massive amounts of data – much more than a human being can comprehend — that can be fed into computers to allow them to search for patterns that people could not see.

BIG DATA

100

verything in the frame. Everything in a particular scene. 5 elements – 1-settings & props, 2- costume hair and makeup, 3- facial expressions and body language, 4- lighting & colour 5-positioning of characters & objects

MISE-EN-SCENE

100

reelance photographers who aggressively pursue celebrities to get candid photographs

PAPARAZZI 

100

camera angle where our eyes are at the same level as the subject’s eyes. 

EYE LEVEL

100

burst onto the global music scene in the 1960’s and became world-famous through: TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, live shows, the music charts, record shops, and film appearances.

THE BEATLES

200

when a video, image, meme, or story, spreads quickly and widely on the internet through social media and email.

GOING VIRAL

200

the critical point at which a significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place.

TIPPING POINT

200

specific groups of people that media producers or advertisers want to reach. 

TARGET AUDIENCE 
200

camera angle really high up, basically what a bird sees from its vantage point high in the sky


BIRD'S EYE
200

any sound originating from within the movie’s world – characters’ voices, traffic, guns

DIEGETIC SOUND

300

a set of step-by-step procedures that provides the correct answer to a particular problem

ALGORITHM 
300

This is a term to describe the tipping point when social media and the resulting isolation, polarization, and spread of disinformation leads to the destruction of human society as we know it.

POINT OF SOCIAL COLLAPSE

300

using your psychology against you.

HACK PEOPLE'S PSYCHOLOGY 

300

 camera moves up and down but is stationary, similar to a person looking up and down

TILT

300

sound coming from outside the movie’s world – narrator’s voice, sound effects

NON DIEGETIC SOUND

400

this is when companies put something controversial on their digital channels in order to sell or gain publicity

TROLL MARKETING 

400

The point at which artificial intelligence and the power of machines becomes so strong that technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, overwhelming humanity and signaling the end of the human era.

SINGULARITY

400

a person with the ability to influence potential buyers of a product or service by promoting or recommending the items or products on social media. 

INFLUENCER 

400

created by using only back lights and key lights, low light, produces sharp contrasts, often used in horror

LOW KEY LIGHTING 

400

the product is mentioned in a film. Ex. a character says “let’s go to McDonald’s for lunch.”

VERBAL EXPOSURE 
500

 the description of your psychological traits, characteristics, and interests created by the social media companies for the purpose of predicting your preferences and behavior.

PSYCHOMETRIC DOPPELGANGER 

500

 the pleasure chemicals in the brain released when someone receives a positive response from an activity, e.g., obtaining a “like” on social media.

DOPAMINE HIT

500

a form of advertising where companies pay or give free items to have their products, logos, or brand names shown or mentioned inside movies, TV shows, video games, or social media

PRODUCT PLACEMENT 

500

when the camera moves from side to side but is stationary like someone turning their head and following someone walking

PAN

500

burst onto the global music scene in the 1950’s and became world-famous through: TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, live shows, the music charts, record shops, and film appearances

ELVIS PRESLEY