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Acronyms to remember

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LIAR

L: Language

I: Industry

A: Audience

R: Representation

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Sound- MCDOVED

M: music

C: contrapuntal/ parallel

D: diegetic/ non-diegetic

O: on-screen/ off-screen

V: voice-over

E: emotion

D: dialogue

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Camera- FAM

F: framing

A: angle

M: movement

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Audience- PIES

P: personal identification

I: information
E: entertainment

S: social interaction

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Representation- DR CAGES

D: Disability

R: Regional identity

C: Class

A: Age

G: Gender

E: Ethnicity

S: Sexuality

Editing- STOPS

S: SFX

T: Transitions

O: Order of narrative

P: Pace

S: Screen time

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Mise En Scene- CLAMPS

C: Costume

L: Lighting

A: Actors
M: Makeup

P: Props

S: Setting

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News Values- PCUPTUNE

P: Personalisation

C: Continuity/ currency

U: Unexpectedness

P: Proximity

T: Threshold

U: Unambiguous

N: Negativity

E: Elites (celebs/ important people)

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Newspapers- CLIFT

C: Colour

L: Layout

I: Image

F: Font

T: Text

CEMS

camera

editing

mise en scene

sound

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DISTINCT

describe

in detail

settings

themes

icons (props)

narrative

characters

t (CEMS)

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