Unit 1 media production and audience

 Diegetic sound- Is any sound that emanates from a story (a narrative)

Non- diegetic sound- an audio whose source is neither visible on screen nor has been applied.

Leitmotif-  Is a short constantly recurring musical phase associated with a particular person 

Sync sound- Refers to sound recorded at the time of filming of movies 

Wild sound- Audio that is recorded without accompanying pictures (atmospheric sounds)

LO3 Macro Meaning 

Genre- Conversations and how genre are used by media institutes 

Narrative- How stories are structured 

Representation- Mediation (re-presentations) of age, sexuality, gender, class, ethnicity, regional identification and understanding of stereotype

 

Genre theory 1: Repetition and Difference 

Beale states that a product and it’s genre is defined by two things:

How much it conforms to its genre’s individual conventions and stereotypes a product must match the genre’s convention to be identified as part of a genre

Dead by Daylight (Horror/Action)

This game is a horror and action hybrid 

In this game you choose what side you are for example you can play both the victim and killer giving you the freedom to enjoy this game for both sides of the spectrum 

As the victim you and your teammates are supposed fix generators to open a main gate to leave the killers compound whereas the role of the killer is to stop the victims from escaping by hooking them and scar there souls to a spiritual entity 

Emotional pleasure

Anohanna (Emotional Japanese Animation)

non diegetic sound and narrative this show is about a girl who had died when she was young and the boy who loved her (who she also loved) starts to see her ghost and he made it his mission to release her soul from the world which was holding her down.

A genre that has changed 

Call of Duty (first person shooter video game)

This games genre has changed as 5 years ago the only character that you could play was a straight white man whereas now you can play as other type of characters for example black, Asian, women. 

Intellectual pleasure 

Scorpion (Crime/Action)

In this show there is team of geniuses that have to do task for the US government they do task like save people who have a short amount fo time to live or stop a nuclear meltdown this show makes you think about the problems in the show and sometimes you place yourself into the situation as it’s really interesting

127 Hours 

Steps one/Equilibrium 

The an goes to the Grand Canyon and everything is balanced and calm 

Step two/Equilibrium has been broken 

the equilibrium comes to a halt after the man Is trapped between two rocks and stuck

Step three/Quest to fix the problem 

The man spends his time trying to survive 

Step four/Contains climax 

The man cuts off his arm to save the rest of his body

Step five/resolution an new equilibrium

Returns home new equilibrium he’s safe and learns a life lesson on how to survive  

Action code- actions in the narrative that tip off the viewer about what to expect as narrative progress it relies on the idea of cause and effect 

Women are represented and objectified from a masculine heterosexual perspective that presents and represents women as sexual objects for the pleasure of the male viewer.

 

Alvarado suggested representation of ethnic minority are limited 

Exotic/The others

Pitied

Humorous

Dangerous 

Anytime a producer of a text tries to ‘fix’ a meaning of a person or event - this will usually reveal viewpoints and bias (political or otherwise) - usually newspaper attempt to demonise groups of people. However. Anti-stereotypical representations 

Newman argues that when the media represents is generally or label them as a problem, e.g as welfare cheats, drug addicts or criminals.

Working class groups such as mods or skinheads are often subject of news moral panics 

Analysis of Space Odyssey (2001)

In the clip given there is diegetic sounds and non-diegetic sounds for example the screeching at the end of the clip we know this is diegetic because we see the characters react to the sound in pain as they hold their hands over their ears. An example of non-diegetic sound is the opera themed music at the start of the clip we know this is non-diegetic because not one of the characters react to the music and we do not see a source of the music in the clip.