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Film is considered both as entertainment and as an art form in its own right. Aesthetics considers how all aspects of film form are combined artistically - for example, individual shots, framing, and also miss-en-scène. The aesthetic is therefore the distinctive look or style of film .

Richard Curtis               Writes and directs whitewashed, saccharine, improbable, middle class visions of the UK that                                 are supposed to be funny. An Auteur is a cinema individual who is a big body of work, has great influence on certain cinemas and has a uniquely authentic style. Alfred Hitchcock is a famous example. Binary opposite = 2 things that are different Binary opposition = 2 things that clash

A Star Is Born The star is consists of three component parts: -the real person -the reel person -the star's persona (independent of, but a combination of the other two parts) The star-image has four pa;rts: -what the industry puts out -what the media says (including critics) -what the star says or does -what we say stars can mean different things to different people (so Sidney Poitier has a different relationship to black audiences and white audiences) Overall stars might be considered intertextual - a cluster of meanings and parts, often referencing one another. Stars might be considered: - As a deviant - the star's life is controlled by the studio and there is little room for resistance - as a cultural value/sign/fetish - stars are shifting signifirers; they reflect the time in which they work and their work becomes a sign reflected in society; the star is also a mediator between the real and imaginary world. - As an object of star-gazing - remember that t...

-Framing/composition -Colour Palette (Bright, pastel, muted, monochromatic, analogous, colour discordance(clash of colours)) -Props -Costume -Setting/Location -Hair/makeup -Casting

Music Music terms :- Key - major/minor Pitch - high/low Timbre/mood/tone Genre Crescendo/Diminuendo Harmony Texture Dynamics - soft/harsh Tempo Instrumentation - RIDM (rhythm, instrumentation, dynamics, melody). key terminology synchronous sound - sounds that match what we can see on screen Asynchronous sound - sounds not matched with a visible source Dissonance - unpleasant sounds lacking harmony Sound Bridge - Where sound carries over from one scene to another Ambient Sound - sounds of a given location (e.g. woodland sound) Soundscape - a sound pr combination of sounds arising from a particular environment background music diegetic/non-diegetic - wether the the spectator would be able to hear the sound thats happening if he were in the scene.