Textual Analysis Alphabet

Textual Analysis Alphabet

A- Ariel Shot: Sometimes called a "bird eyes view". This is an extreme high angle shot.
B- Birney Opposites: Groups of peoples stereotypes contrasting with one another.
C- CGI (Computer Generated Imagery): An image created using software. 
D- Diegetic: Sound which has a source on screen (dialogue)
E- Establishing shot: A shot which establishes the setting for the scene.
F- Fade: Transition generally used at the end of a scene to signify to the audience an end   of action. Generally action will fade to black.
G- Genre: A style or category of art, music, or literature or film
H- Hybrid Genre: When the films could be categorised as more than one film genre eg. action/ adventure  
I- Insert shot: Where the audience is drawn attention to a specific object.
J- Jump cut: Two shots of the same subject are taken from positions that vary only slightly. This causes the subject to appear to "jump" in an abrupt way that draws the attention of the audience.  
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L- L-cuts: Where the audio follows the transition to the next shot.
M- Master shot: Similar to an establishing shot, it is used to show the entire scene play out from one point of view.
N- Narrative Theory: A form of storytelling or giving a report of events either fiction or non fiction.  
O- Over the shoulder shot: Usually shows a conversation in which the actors sit or stand in interaction with each other.
P- Positioning: How the director uses the audience to see the point of view of the characters.
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R- Regional Identity: This refers to the part of the United Kingdom someone is from. It could refer to a general area such a “north” or “south” ect.
S- Stereotypes: Something a group or class of people are most known for eg. accents or behaviour.
T- Two shots: When two actors are shown facing the same direction on screen.
U- Unconventional: Something other than "the usual way", acting against normality.  
V- Voiceover: Non diegetic sound of a person speaking over a scene.
W- Wipe: The transition from one image to another, this is done in a with a distinct way that usually forms a shape (the Star Wars films)
X- Xenophobia: dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
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Z- Zoom: To increase rapidly the magnification of the image of a distant object.