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Realism: The ‘kind’ of reality produced by a media text
Mediation: The process whereby media texts select and construct the world through different techniques
Documentary encodes versions of reality that are mediated into our individual context. Realism is a term that does not always apply to what is actually real, but to degrees of realism and audiences’ expectations of reality.
Documentary Modes of Representation
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Camera Shots
Establishing Shot - ES - Establishes where, when and who of a sequence of film.
Long Shot - LS - The subject being filmed can be seen from head to foot in their surroundings.
Mid/medium Shot - MS - Classic newsreader shot. A person can be seen from the waist upwards. We can still see some of the setting.
Close Up - CU - The subject fills the screen. We cannot see much of the background.
Big/Extreme Close...
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