GCSE Media Glossary

Denote
(Signified, denotation)
Connote
(represents, connotes, connotation,
signifies, infers, suggests, implies, indicates)
Patriarchal society
Matriarchal society
Adheres
Subvert
Stereotype
Mise-en-scene
Androgynous

What you see

Effeminate
Masculine
Diegetic
Non digetic
Rule of thirds

Feminine features
Masculine features
Natural sound
Sound that has been edited in
A grid like noughts and crosses to centre and emphasis an
object or a person.

Golden mean

A diagonal line across a picture /scene that is also used to

emphasis a person / object
Cutting abstract shots into a scene. Example, used for
love scenes with a rose.
The placement of shots next to one other to create
meaning
A shot which fades in or out from black or white. This
creates a time lapse.

Inter cutting
Juxtaposition
Fade to black/white

The meaning behind what you see

Male dominated society
Female dominated society
Follow convention
Challenges Convention
Judgments on people and places
Put in scene (setting, props, characters etc..)
Displaying both masculine and feminine features in
physical appearance

Visual effects

Can range from using black and white or by using CGI

Transitions(straight cut)

To shots joined together to keep the pace.

Dissolve

A fade transition from one shot to another.

Cross-cutting

Two sequences to create links, parallels or contrasts

between to story lines.
Computer generated image
Motherly role
Fatherly role
A theory from Laura mulvey that show women as sex
symbol and accessories to men. Women are sexualised
and objectified by the Media
Someones idea/thinking of a certain topic
Dominant ideology/thinking by society or implicated by
an institution (government and media)

CGI
Maternal
Paternal
Laura Mulvey The Male Gaze
Ideology
Hegemony