Media Studies Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. of a grid when framing a shot
  2. 5. language , the accepted systems, methods, or conventions by which movies communicate with the viewer
  3. 9. invisibility ,the concept that much of what happens in the making of a movie is hidden to the viewer as they watch it
  4. 10. media audiences
  5. 13. , the process by which the look of the settings, props, lighting, and actors is determined
  6. 14. , the faithfulness or unfaithfulness of a sound to its source
  7. 15. design ,a concept combining the crafts of editing and mixing sound to create artistic effects
  8. 16. , the overall look and feel of a movie; the sum of everything the audience sees, hears, and experiences while viewing it
  9. 20. conventions ,aspects of storytelling such as recurring themes and situations, setting, character types, and story formula, as well as aspects of presentation
  10. 22. editing, a style of editing that seeks to achieve logic, smoothness, sequential flow, and temporal and spatial orientation to what is seen on the screen
Down
  1. 1. a transitional device in which a shot fades out to a black, white, or color screen, or vice versa
  2. 2. , the organization, distribution, balance, and general relationship of stationary objects and figures within the frame
  3. 4. of field ,the distance in front of a camera and its lens in which objects are in apparent sharp focus
  4. 6. meaning ,an association, connection, or inference that a viewer makes on the basis of the given story and form of a film
  5. 7. convergence, the process whereby a media product is promoted across other media platforms
  6. 8. ,the horizontal movement of a camera mounted on the gyroscopic head of a stationary tripod
  7. 11. sound ,sound that originates from a source within a film’s world
  8. 12. , the categorization of narrative films by form, content, or both
  9. 17. , a cinematic structure in which content is selected and arranged in a cause-and-effect sequence of events occurring over time
  10. 18. the combined marketing of “products” or commodities (including people) across different media and other products, which are often owned by the same corporation such that the total effect is greater than the sum of the different parts
  11. 19. , the process by which the editor combines and coordinates individual shots into a cinematic whole
  12. 21. of thirds , a principle of composition which states that objects of interest should be placed on three separate planes or