Key Terms:
Some of the key terms for this unit are listed below:Text = piece (film or TV show)
Appointment TV = watching show when on
Visual Grammar = what's seen on screen
Genre codes = symbols associated with the genre (such as set locations in a comedy)
Critical theories = contexts
Textual analysis = analysis of a TV show or film.
Documentary = Critical issues of representation, authenticity and 'cinematic truth' (doc vs. fiction and scripted reality).
Establishing shot = shows the location (wider than a wide shot).
Mise en scene = setting, design, lighting, costume and staging and how they help the audience interpret what is in the frame.
Genre = how a text is categorized (comedy, drama, horror)
Cinematography = shots and camera movement; how they are done and what they signify.
Editing = how meaning and context are visually constructed; montage, rhythm, and counterpoint.
Sound = the aesthetic use of voice, music, and audio.
These terms will be used to analyse a historic British TV show later in the term.
Introduction to contexts: history and theory of television
Understanding the formation of something (it's history) helps to see why it is important. Theories provide additional context to this.
Use of critical theory:
Aesthetic is the analysis of visual and craft aspects within the context of art history. The way a show or film looks.
Political is the analysis of context and subtext in relation to changes and shifts in society and history. What a text is trying to say.
Psychoanalytic is the analysis of context and subtext in relation to Freudian and Jungian theory. What is hidden within the piece but remains there?
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