Exam Terminology

Thursday 18th January 2018


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Layout:

  • House style-The companys preferred manner of presentation and layout of written material 
  • Symmetrical- Parts that are the same on both sides of a specific point
  • Asymmetrical- Parts that are not the same or equal
  • Use of columns and Boxes- In either newspaper articles or magazines there are columns or boxes for the layout of text
  • Ratio of copy, photography and space-How much writing you have compared to images
  • Headline- A heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine
  • Caption- A title or brief explanation accompanying an illustration, cartoon or poster
  • Strapline- A short, easy to remember phrase used by an organisation so people remember its products
  • Standfirst-A brief introductory summary of an article in a newspaper or on a magazine
Typography:
  • Serif and Sans serif typefaces- Flicks and Ticks on a serif font, no flicks and tics on a sans serif font
  • Specialist Typefaces- A set of one or more fonts that share common design features
  • Font size/italics/bold- Font size, italics, bold
Language:
  • Formal and informal register-Whether  your register is quite posh and has proper english, or if it just slang.
  • Direct mode of address- How a text speaks to an audience or involves them
  • Puns-a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
  • Colloquialism-a word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation.
  • Slang-a type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.
Image:
  • Graphics-Visual images produced by computer processing
  • Camerawork- The way in which cameras are used in a film or TV programme
  • Mise en scène-The arrangement of the scenery, props on the stage of a theatrical production or on a set of production
  • Depth of field-the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.
  • Digital manipulation-Transforming or altering a photograph using various methods and techniques to achieve the desired effect
  • Cropping- cutting down an image to the desired size
Colour:
  • House style- A company preferred manner of presentation and layout of written material in relation to the chosen colour palette 
  • Colour saturation-the intensity of a colour, expressed as the degree to which it differs from white.
  • Choice of colour- The colour you choose to be on what you're making

Audio/Visual

Camera work:
  • Establishing shots- a long or extreme-long shot at the beginning of a scene indicating where, and sometimes when, the remainder of the scene takes place. 
  • Low angle shots-A photograph or film sequence taken from below the subject
  • High angle shots- A cinematic technique where the camera looks down from a high angle
  • Canted angle shots- Where the camera is set at the angle  on its roll axis so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame.
  • Aerial shots-Aerial photography is the process of taking photographs of an area from above
  • Tracks-a camera movement/shot that moves alongside the object.
  • Steadicam-A brand of camera stabiliser allowing a smooth shot even when the camera is moving over an uneven surface.
  • Crane shots-shot taken by a camera on a crane or jib.
  • Hand-held camera-a camera that you hold in your hands to use.
  • Point-of-view shots-a short film scene that shows what a character is looking at.
  • Shallow focus-a photographic and cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field.
  • Focus pulls-when you change focus during a shot from one thing to another
Editing:
  • Shot/reverse shot - a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character
  • Juxtaposition - the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
  • Non-continuity editing - creating the illusion of smooth continuous action and helps to keep the audiences' attention to the story.
  • Crosscutting - an editing technique most often used in films to establish action occurring at the same time, and usually in the same place.
  • Fast-paced editing - a film editing technique which refers to several consecutive shots of a brief duration (e.g. 3 seconds or less).
  • Dissolve transition - a gradual transition from one image to another.
  • Wipe transition - a type of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
  • Fade - a transition to and from a blank image.
  • Post-production effects - includes tasks such as the editing of raw footage to cut scenes, insert transition effects, working with voice and sound actors, and dubbing.

  • Soundtrack:
  • Music- Vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony and expression of emotion.
  • Diegetic-Diegetic sound is any sound presented as originated from source within the film's world. 
  • Non diegetic sound-Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action: 
  • Sound effect-Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action: 
  • Sound bridge-sound bridge is a type of sound editing that occurs when sound carries over a visual transition in a film.
  • Voiceover-a piece of narration in a film or broadcast, not accompanied by an image of the speaker.
Mise en Scène:
  • Lighting (especially low key lighting)-the arrangement or effect of lights.
  • Location/set
  • Costume -a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period
  •  Make up-cosmetics such as lipstick or powder applied to the face, used to enhance or alter the appearance.
  • Props-an object used by the actors performing in a play or film
  • Casting-the act or process of choosing actors to play the various roles in a theatrical production, motion picture
  • Performance style-
  • Blocking (the composition of elements within the shot)-In theatre, blocking is the precise staging of actors in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera.







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