Media Studies Terminology

2. A director emphasizes the visual aspects of their media product.
4. A production company releases a song on the radio to market an upcoming film.
8. When a director copies another director's technical style.
11. Breaking the 4th wall in a scene.
12. Uplifting or mellow music to enhance the tone of the scene.
13. The audience hears someone singing but cannot see them.
14. Sounds in a film that only the audience can hear.
15. A director references someone else's work.
16. The audience hears and sees someone singing in a scene.
17. Negative, uncomfortable sounds to enhance the tone of the scene.
20. A film theory where the workers rise up and fight back.
22. A critical approach to traditional storytelling where stereotypical ideas are represented.
23. bridge A song starts playing in one scene and continues into the next.
24. Sounds in a film that both the characters and the audience can hear.

1. The idea that camera movement, lighting, sound, etc. can affect an audience's perception.
3. A sound is adjusted to show how close or far away it is.
5. A film theory that involves how women are constructed in media.
6. Birds, ocean waves, crowd noises are considered background noise in some scenes.
7. When a director includes music that doesn't match the scene.
9. The makeup of an audience.
10. Some movies have to be changed before being released overseas.
18. Constructing meaning through sign and symbols.
19. Every director has their own personal style which is reflected in the media they produce.
21. The world that the characters live in.
22. When a director copies another director's technical style to poke fun.