Our Media Presentation introduces different elements for analyzing texts: media language, representation, genre, narrative. Media language covers specific industry jargon and includes cinematography, editing, sound, and mise en scene. Representation is how a text portrays social groups or issues. Genre categorizes texts based on conventions like thriller, western, or romantic comedy. Narrative structures a story in a linear, chronological way. Audience considers how a text will be read based on factors like location, size, and subjectivity.

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6. Representation This is how a media text creates an image of and particular idea of a certain social group, issue place etc. This is presented through cinematography, editing, sound and mise en scene. This relates back to media language.

7. Genre – ‘Type’ or ‘kind’ This is how media texts can be categorized. There are conventions to each genre and through looking at these a media text will be categorized depending on its contents. Different genres include; thriller, western, romantic comedy and chick flick. There are conventions of iconography and conventions of theme.

8. Narrative This is how a story is structured or organised. It will normally be linear or chronological. The conventions of narrative allow for times and spaces to be orgnised in a way that is meaningful to the viewer.

9. Audience Considers how a text will be read and how it will be interacted with. Audiences can be defined through location, consumption, size and subjectivity.

10. Our Video Audiences For the Thriller Opening the audience would be regulated