Narrative Theory (Year 2)

Structure is important for a story. It helps frame the story and shape it. It helps the story to develop, to give it context and to make comprehensible and understandable. To show how important a linear structure is, ask yourself, how many stories can you name that have no structure. There are very few stories

Psychoanalysis (Year 2)

Psychoanalysis is an attempt to understand the ways in which we are unconsciously/subconsciously driven to act in a certain way. It is seeking to explore why we do the things we do and why we may act in a certain way in certain situations. Also, it’s a way of discovering what is dwelling deep within

Genre (Year 2)

Genre is a French word meaning ‘type’ or ‘kind’. This organises a group of media texts into different categories bounded by certain rules and characteristics that it has to follow in order to fit into that category. Examples of specific genres and the movies that fit it: Sci-Fi- Science Fiction Usually stories about A.I, space

Semiotics & Star Theory (Year 2)

Semiotics is the study of signs. It is all about the production of a meaning or meanings through a productive process. People have different beliefs and are part of different religions and cultures. Some signs and symbols change overtime.  People see media texts differently and can get multiple different meanings of the same media text,

The Male Gaze Theory & Representation (Year 2)

Representation has 2 different meanings.  The first one is people becoming a representation of their demographic, for example gender, race, sexuality, religion etc. This often means that people deliberately become these representations. They try to ensure that there are representatives of these groups currently present but this can also be seen as a sign of