Media Collection

Collection of all media vocab

BARB

Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board - the organisation that measures and collects television viewing data in the UK

Camera angle

The position the camera is from the filmed action

Blockbuster

A product that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales.

Vertical Integration

When a company takes part in 2 or more stages of production

Independent Film

A film that is produced outside of a major film studio

Star Power

Casting well-known celebrities in order to gain a bigger audience

Director Power

Using a director’s name in marketing in order to gain a bigger audience

Horizontal Integration

Companies who acquire other companies operating in the same sector.

Technical codes

the ways in which equipment is used to tell the story

Linguistic codes

What is implied through the use of words

Symbolic codes

Cultural symbols embedded in mise-en-scene