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Niepce
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Inventor of PhotographyFrance, 1826
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Heliograph
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First photographNiepce in 1826
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Muybridge looked at what?
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photographic studies of animals in locomotion
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Thomas Edison invented what?
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kinetographkineteoscope
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What did the Lumiere Bros. invent?
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projectors for more than one person to watch
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George Melies
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Early Film- Trip to the moonknown for his special effects
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Zoetrope
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(Muybridge)early cinematic technology based on photographs
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Kinetoscope
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(Edison)early viewing system- one person only
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Praxinoscope
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strip of images reflected in a mirror
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Objects of early cinema?
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1. everyday life2. fantastic3. modern technology4. staged jokes5. narrative stories
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why was the modern technology captured on early film?
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shift taking place from agriculture to insustry
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What caused the patent disputes?
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There were a lot of new inventions associated with film and people were fighting for inventions
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Who was involved in the Edison Trust?
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EdisonBiographAmerican VitagraphMeiles
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Who went to the west coast?
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PIRATESIndependent Moving PicturesUniversal FilmsUnited Artists
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What were 3 things that industralized movies?
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1. mass audiences2. mass production3. the shot
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Theatrical Exhibition
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mass audiences
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Describe the shot
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1. fundamental unit of film2. part on an assembally line3. shots are edited to give meaning...
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Close Up Shot
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camera is close up to emphasize the reactions and psychology of characters
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Medium Shot
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Waist Upemphasizes the actions of characters but we still see some background
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long shot
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camera is at a long distance from the object being filmedgives us a sense of space and lets...
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High Angle
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camera shoots from a high angleemphasizes smallness, weakness, or insignificance
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Low Angle
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Shot from lower than the objectsemphasizes size
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Tracking Shot
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camera moves freely through the scene on a mobile base
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Panning
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camera moves back and fourth on a horizontal fixed base(tilt is the opposite)
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boom
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camera moves through a scene on a crane
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establishing Shot
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a shot or series of shots that sets the locationusually no characters are involved
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Name some features of continuity editing
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1. illusion of coherence2. seemless whole3. minimizes the disruption of the cut
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Shot/ Reverse Shot
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used mainly for dialoguea pair of shots that reveals each side of the conversation
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Eye-line Match
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We see what the character seesThis establishes and preserves the cinematic space
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Parallel Editing
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Cutting between two shots that suggest they are taking place at the same time
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180- degree rule
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imaginary bisecting line that cuts across a scenekeeps the characters on the correct sides...
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Techniques used for continuity editing:
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Shot/ Reverse ShotEye-line MatchParallel Editing180- degree rule
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Types of Edits:
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Traditional CutDissolveWipeFade in/ Face out
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Traditional Cut
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Two pieces of film are placed side by side each other
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Dissolve
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first shot disappears and is replaced by the second shot
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wipe
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one shot physically forces another off the screen
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Fade In
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Screen starts with (usually) black and the scene fades in- fade out is the opposite
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Alternative to CHS?
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montage
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Describe Montage
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Basic unit= 2 shotsjuxtapositionvisual/ emotional dissonancedisrupts linear timefull of seams
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juxtaposition
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putting two discontinuous shots together
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What is Mise-en-scene
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"Everything that is in the Scene"elements that appear in front of the camera and their position
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Why did sound come into film?
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A way to set studios apart in a competitive environment
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Vitaphone (1925-6)
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Sound on a diskHad to sync up with the filmDon Juan (Warner Bros.)
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Movietone (1926)
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Sound on filmWhat Price Glory (Fox)
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The Talkies (1927)
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Sound through music and sound effects but no dialogueThe Jazz Singer
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What composes the Sonic texture?
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LoudnessTimbrepitch
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Loudness
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dimension of sound that approximates volumecan convey relationships through space
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pitch
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whether the tone is high or lowmay convey meaning and help to differentiate sounds
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timbre
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"the style of sound"doesn't depend on the pitch
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What does sound do for film? 4 things
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1. conveys time2. creates space3. directs gaze4. emotional intensity
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Diegetic Sound
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Sound that is within the world of the story
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Internal Diegetic Sound
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what is heard by the audience and one other character- a character talking in his/her head
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External Diegetic Sound
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Sound that is heard by all characters and the audience
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Non-Diegetic Sound
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sound that is external to the world of the story
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What was lacking in France during ww2?
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American imports including Hollywood movies
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What is cultural impearilism? Relate this to France?
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When one country is concerned that another will have a great cultural influenceFrance had very...
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what was the French new Wave?
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young intellectuals saw Hollywood film as artsy and developed the auteur theory
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Who were the intellectuals that developed the auteur theory?
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Jean Luc GoddardFrancois Truffaut
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Who controls the production in the auteur theory?
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The director= the authorsingle controlling force who structures the film
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Self- Reflexivity
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Ways that auteurs show their work is cinematic- Goodfellas and the Great Train Robbery both...
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Experimentation with auteurs
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Tries to push the boundaries of systematic media-longgg shot from the goodfellas
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Who did the auteur theory exclude?
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Everyone who was not a white male
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film= _____ practice
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social
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Producers
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initiate projectsget the moneyhire the directorusually this is an individual person
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Director
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Adapts the script and stages the filmWorks closely with the crew and the actors
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Screenwriter
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Who writes the script-there are usually many uncredited writers
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cinematographer
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director of photography-responsible for types of cameras, films, and lenses
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Editor
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literally and figuratively cuts the filmkeeps the movie at an efficient time
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Production Designer
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responsible for creating the look of the filmprepares the physical space for the movie
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composer
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responsible for the music, not the sound effects
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actors
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bring the script to life
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audience
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Film is shown to focus groups before release for feedback
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Who is all in the supporting crew?
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GafferKey GripBest BoysFoley Artist
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Gaffer
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Chief electrician of a movie
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Key Grip
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responsible for all the other production equipment-camera, dollies, cranes
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best Boys
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second in charge to the gaffer- oversee the execution of the electrical work
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Foley Artist
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Sound effects
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Narrative
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large cultural myths-fundamental elements that explain how the world works
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Stories
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particular instances of larger narratives
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Genre
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A framework used to classify narratives
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What makes genres economical?
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Inventors do not have to keep reinventing the wheel
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What is an ideology?
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Bring some things into focus and obscure others- A specific way of seeing reality
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What are some characteristics of a melodrama? 5 things
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1. takes place in a cruel world2. emotional upheavel and constant emotion3. liberation...
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What are some limits of CHS?
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limited way to tell storiesdoesn't push/ test the medium of filmover-reliance on narrativesuses...
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What are two types of experimental film?
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Abstract and Associational
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Abstract Form (experimental)
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the use of cinematic techniques to make familiar objects seem strange
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Associational (form)
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putting things together that to not belong together-juxtaposition
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First definition of Culture from Williams
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1. Culture is the stuff that society produces that will make you better-artistic achievement,...
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Second definition of Culture from Williams
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Artifacts/ texts are the objects that have been produced by a group of people"material of a...
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Third definition of Culture from Williams
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whole way of life- how a group of people organizes and conducts itself
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What is the method for studying culture?
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Use definition #2 to infer #1 and their practices, interactions, and behaviors #3.
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Mass culture
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"low culture" that is economically produced and said to be inauthentic
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how is film mass culture?
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It is an artifact of mass culture, and film texts can tell us about cultural life and values...
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Critical (interpretative) Theory
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Frankfurt School-Film texts embody, reflect, reinforce the conditions of production-titanic...
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Who is known for the critical theory?
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Man HorkheimerTheodore Adorno
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Cultural Studies
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Birmingham School-Study the conditions of reception and patterns of reception-encoding/ decoding
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Encoding
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media texts are produced with specific meaning and uses in mind
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Decoding
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how media texts are interpreted-may not be the original intent of the creator
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