Week 4 - Lecture Notes on Media Theory

Lecture 4 :
Real!ty
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What !s real!ty !n relat!on to med!a ?



Last Sa!d & Shohat & Stam both Or!ental!um and
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week : : !n

Un th!nk!ng Eurocentr!sm
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,
the focus !s on the real!ty effect
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of

representat!on themselves as d!scourse and t!elds of Knowledge
that do not necessar!ly need to ( orrespond exactly to the
real!ty
on the
ground > not about the true SOCİO -
h!stor!cal real!ty that
med!a refer to but the real!ty of the d!scourses themselves .




Ian of
ep!stemolog !cal Invest!gat!on of the Construct!ons
Knowledge
!n
!mages ) .




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address!ng the Ways !n wh!ch Med!c! actually
Construct Knowledge lstudy of Knowledge )

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Th!s week : Baz!n & Baudr!llard : focus on the relat!onsh!p
between
representat!on and the
real!ty they referto.lmetaphys.cat
quest!ons about the relat!onsh!p between and real!ty ;
!mages an

of
ontolog!cal Invest!gat!on the essence of
technolog!cally med!ated
)
!mages .




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focus!ng on Understand!ng
ex!stence and ex!stence and nature of

be!ng ; !s real!ty lstudyot real!ty )
of
part Metaphys!cs

w!ll focus such What the
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SO th!s week ,
we on quest!ons as : !s


relat!onsh!p between an !mage and real!ty ? what !s the essence

of a med!um such as c!nema !n relat!on to real!ty ?

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General D!st!nct!on ( Regard!ng Real!ty ) . . .




In between large Modes of relat!ng to real!ty :
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c!nema two




Documentary F!ct!on
lwe assume that the ( We Know that everyth!ng
f!lmmaker !s f!lm!ng Someth!ng !s Made !n Stud!os ,
for

that !s Out there !n the example : the take ra!n

Worlds for example : the real that create the !llus!on of

ra!n fall!ng down !n Amsterdam real!ty !n
Stanley Donen's
Ra!n )
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f!lm
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Jor!s f!lm Ra!n )
!n Ivens
s!ng!ng !n the




In Styles f!ct!on f!lm :
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Real!st Ant! -
real!st

, In real!st styles
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Hollywood Real!sm Ital!an Neo Real!sm
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( The real!sm !s based on ( The real!sm !s based
the !dea that !t has to on the use of non -
actors ,



seem as !t we are there down -
to -
earth Stor!es . . .
)

as
Spectator .
)

L!ng ( few Cuts )
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takes
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Cont!nu!ng ed!t!ng
( ed!t!ng Deep focus (
background
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seamless / smooth
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fore
ground )
establ!sh!ng shot , shot
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shot ,
Wander!ng and Wander!ng
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reverse
ey el!ne
match , match on act!on , characters
re -



establ!sh!ng shot etc .




Where Non real locat!on s
always
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the Camera -
actors ,


drawsyou !nto the
Spectacle
and Much about
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Makes !t seem as!t more See!ng
are there the worldas !t !s & See!ng
you
characters that M!ght not be

dr!ven stud!o plot
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act!on -
narrat!ve , !mportant for the

locat!on