Verisimilitude and representation

Verisimilitude is the construction of a plausible, believable world in a text.

TV programs can represent;
 -Gender
 -Age and Ethnicity
 -Social Groups
 -Places
 -Time periods and themes

You should become familiar with this minutia of the mark scheme;

~JB

Sound 'n' stuff

-Dialogue- All the words and vocal expressions of the actors.
-Music- The music soundtrack that may be in parts or all of the sequence.
-Effects-  Things you might not notice, in the background, like footsteps or traffic.

Sound effects help create a sense of 'reality' of what is happening- We see a door open, and expect to hear it too.

Diegetic

Sounds which come from the world of the film, any event that is seen on or off screen which has a noise audible to the characters.

Non-Diegetic

Sound which is not from any source within the diegetic (world of the movie), such as music or voice-overs  This is usually used to create or enhance audiences emotional responces.

Parallel - Matches the emotions.

Contrapuntal- Contrasts with the emotions. 

Sound Bridge

Used to link two sequences together and is employed in conjunction with editing to move the action in time or place, or both. 

Can be diegetic or non-diegetic sound.

~JB

Some Key words...

-Polysemic- Has many different meanings.

-Arbitrary- Means different things to different people. It means some things to a group of people only. For example, "Bait" to most means it's literal definition, but to others, it means something is "obvious". Arbitrary meanings can change over time.

-Anchorage- When ships ride at anchor, the anchor stops them from drifting away, just as text anchor the images and such used. 

Sign Systems; 

-Signifier- The thing that is doing the signifying. An image of a knife with no context could mean many things, a murder weapon or perhaps a cookery tool, but if it was on a cookery program, you'd relate it to cooking. If in a horror movie, it would be related to murder. 

-Signified- The meaning is attached to it, in reception, by the audience. 

-Indexical sign- has an obvious meaning, like a Cat on a Cat food tin.

-Iconic Signs- A representation, like the person but obviously separated. An example might be an image of a dog. It isn't the dog- It represents the dog. 

-Symbolic signs- Has an obvious relationship, but is removed.

-Connotation- Going into more depth on the subject.

We generally deconstrucy texts at three levels; 

  -Syntactic- What it is.

  -Representational- What it tells you.

  -Symbolic- Deeper meaning.

~JB