key concepts of media studies

-key concepts..

-Media Language.. the nuts and bolts of media.
-representation.. how people especially certain groups such as men , women, young people ethnic groups etc, are portayed by media.
-Audience.. the ways of describing and appealing to cumstomers of media.
-institutiom.. the producers and regulators of the mefia.

language used in media-

sound.
editing.
cinematography.
mise en scence.

sound in media can be diegetic and non diegetic , this is sounds that the auidence can hear and cannot hear. Diegetic sound can be on or off screen depending if its outside or inside the frame e.g charecters vioce, music represented as coming from instruments or sounds by objects.

editing in media can be refered as photo editing in different techniques such as e.g proofreading , stylist editing, ulitmate editing, etc.

cinematography is used from one craft of photography in attition to other physical, managerial , interpretive and image-manipulating techniques. cuinematography can be begin with rolls or film with a digital image sensor.

mise en scence is everything in the sense including setting , location, lighting , costume , make up , props and body lqnguage.

Representation you'll be asked to annalyse how the media language builds a representation of one of the following:

age-
gender-
ethnicity-
sexuality-
regional idenity-
ability disability-
class/social status-

You will be tested on your knowledge of the relationship between the people who produce, dstribute and exhibit the films.. you will also annalyse a 5 minute clip of a british tv drama

For audience and instution..

your going to get a essay on the film industry in the exam , institution is the people that create the media , films & etc. Audience is the people that listen in the media is includes demographics.