Stanger Things Vocabulary

P-oint
E-xample
S-pecific
A-nalysis
T-heory/Terminology
A-nswer the question

Enigma - Planting question in an episode to intrigue the audience so they watch the next episode.

L.I.A.R

Liar 

L- language 
I- industry/institution
A- audience 
R- representation 

Language- what type of media is it? Codes and conventions, media texts follow the same rules depending on what kind of media platform they use.
Industry/Institution- This is who makes the media texts. The institution can be a large company like Warner bros. Pictures or small company like working title. 
Audience-This is who the media is made for. Some  believe that the media can manipulate us, others believe that the audience can manipulate the media. 
Representation- This is more about stereotypes and genres which represents people in the media.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary 

• Demographic- A way of categorizing the population by age/money/occupation 
• Psycho-graphic- A way in categorizing the population by personality. 
•  Semiotics- This is how read images and pictures in an attempt to make sense of what they mean to us. 
• Intertexuality- Where one text hints at another. 
• Eyeline match- is a film editing technique associated with the continuity editing system.
• Hybrid Genre- this is a mixture of genres. 

Mise-en-scene

Mise en scene

• ...is a french term meaning what is put into a scene or frame. 
• ... is a made up of visual information in front of the camera 
• ... communicates essential information to the audience about setting (time and place) and characters.
• ... is made up of 5 elements- Settings and props, Costume, facial expression, lighting and colour, positioning of characters/objects within the frame. 

This can be put in an anagram called CLAMPS: 

C costume 

L lighting 

A audience 

M makeup

P props

S setting 

These all can be linked to every single scene a film ever.