Some major media terms AS

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Across
  1. 3. (Henry) main theorist behind the concept of convergence
  2. 8. the blurring of boundaries between audience/producer and media technologies brought about by digitisation, with the smartphone a prime example
  3. 14. what a corporation achieves by combing subsidiaries in production, distribution and exhibition
  4. 17. A good example of convergence: a Nick Hornby book (IP), Working Title film and WTTV series
  5. 18. realistic; convincing
  6. 19. the theorist behind the ‘readings’ theory
  7. 20. the low budget, digital only subsidiary of the Sheffield (UK) Indie behind This is England, funded by the now defunct UK Film Council and National Lottery
  8. 23. production wing of this big six member, Murdoch-owned, Oscar-winner for Birdman, Slumdog…, 12 Years A Slave
  9. 24. when enough signifiers are combined to create a clear reading
  10. 25. when there are many possible interpretations or meanings
  11. 27. the economic term describing the radical changes brought to industries and their established practices by digitisation, especially modes of distribution
  12. 29. framing from roughly the knee to head
  13. 30. the dominant production model of the film industry, Bridget Jones’s Baby being an example
  14. 31. breaking down the media language of a text to understand the processes at work
Down
  1. 1. a single detail picked out from textual deconstruction for its symbolic meaning
  2. 2. what you need to combine to create a clear preferred reading
  3. 4. the media language you use to signify something’s weird…
  4. 5. a corporation with multiple subsidiaries
  5. 6. the process of describing the details of a text
  6. 7. films budgeted at $100m+ risk the financial future of the production companies; Elberse uses the term ‘blockbuster’ to denote the same concept of focusing marketing resources on fewer major releases
  7. 9. the symbolic meaning of a signifier
  8. 10. 6th on BoxOfficeMojo’s studio revenue list for 2016, the big six parent name and its main (geographic) subsidiary; home of Spiderman, its biggest hit so far; suffered an embarrassing hack attack
  9. 11. narrative theorist with a lot to say about equilibrium
  10. 12. meaning of one text requiring knowledge of others
  11. 13. when two or more subsidiaries of a conglomerate create synergies (mutually benefit), as Murdoch’s empire did by launching Sky Movies 3D with 20th C. Fox’s Avatar
  12. 15. one of the big six, merged with Time, home of the Dark Knight, Harry Potter, Hobbit; also Marilyn Manson’s real surname
  13. 16. Owned by Comcast, this big six member boasts Focus Features and recent acquisition Dreamworks among its subsidiaries, and a US TV network
  14. 21. outlined archetypes present in all narratives
  15. 22. big six member owned by Viacom whose biggest hit remains Titanic, but also home for the Michael Bay CGI-fest that is the Transformers series
  16. 26. one of the big six, owner of Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar and more
  17. 28. the film industry has its big six (7 if you add Lionsgate), but the music industry has a big …