Key words for media studies so far!

There are soo many keywords that i have collected just from the first half-term. I have decided to post them as it would be helpful to have them all in one place, rather than scattered throughout my folder. I have found all of the definitions for them and some of them i have previously talked about in other posts but this might make it easier to remember them. However, i cant go into too much detail (like defining EVERY single camera angle) as i would be here forever but i have tried my best to write as many as i can!

• Diagetic sound - Sounds that are present when filming, natural sounds
• Dialogue - Accents
• Non-Diagetic sounds - Music edited in, sound effects
• Microcosm - Mini world of a big picture. Eg, Eastenders, not everyone in London has a cockney accent
• Nostalgia - To look back on life or to want to return to one's past in an affectionate way
• Establishing shot - Sets the scene, set the location. Eg, America
• Enigma - We don't know whats going to happen
• Diagesis - The fictitious place
• Sound bridge - Links two shots together
• Score - Set of music (soundtrack)
• Ambient sound - Sound that is atmospheric, creates feeling
• Incidental sound - Sound that is accidentally in the shot. Occurs by chance
• Covert - Sneaky, not obvious
• Overt - Obvious
• Signifier - Something that is shown
• Denotation - Description
• Connotation - The meaning behind it
• Binary - Polar opposite. Eg, good or bad
• Conventions - What you expect
• Narrative - The story
• Polysemy - Different meanings
• Realism - As real as you can get
• Post-modernism - Remixing the past in the present
• Synergy - Two or more things helping each other. Eg, grand theft auto doing an advert with coke
• Intertextuality - When texts are mixed up. One media product talking about another. Eg, an Eastenders character reading Heat magazine
• Verisimilitude - Getting things to look as real as possible
• Suspension of disbelief - Sit back and accept what is in front of you. Not to judge
• Antagonist - Baddie, villain
• Protagonist - Main character we sympathise with
• Parody - Micky take, spoof. Eg, the 'Scary Movie' (2000)
• Homage - Respectfully coping something 'Romeo and Juliet' (1996)
• Pastiche - Mix things together
• Satire - Mocking something but with a serious message

WOW, thats alot of keywords to remember!

Thanks to Kett Media, i have now added a few links that further my keywords list. Some of these keywords can be used in other subjects, not just media and the definitions are helpful and detailed. But also, some of these definitions are soo obvious. So here are some of the links i have checked out:

http://www.heanorgate.org.uk/visualarts.asp?pageID=MediaKeywords
http://www.mediaknowall.com/gcse/GCSEKeyterms.html

I'll sure be adding some more later!