Media Vocabulary

Mise-en-scène is a French term and originates in the theater. It means, literally, "put in the scene." For film, it has a broader meaning, and refers to almost everything that goes into the composition of the shot, including the composition itself: framing, movement of the camera and characters, lighting, set design and gen eral visual environment, even sound as it helps elaborate the composition. Mise-en-scène can be defined as the articulation of cinematic space, and it is precisely space that it is about. Cutting is about time; the shot is about what occurs in a defined area of space, bordered by the frame of the movie screen and determined by what the camera has been made to record.

Verisimilitude in literature and theatre denotes the extent to which a work of fiction exhibits realism or authencity, or otherwise conforms to our sense of reality. A work with a high degree of verisimilitude means that the work is very realistic and believable; works of this nature are often said to be "true to life".In theatre, verisimilitude refers to a neoclassic idea of reality (realism), morality, and universality

Social Realism also known as Socio-Realism, is an artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist art, which depicts social and racial injustice, economic hardship, through unvarnished pictures of life's struggles; often depicting working class activities as heroic. The movement is a style of painting in which the scenes depicted typically convey a message of social or political protest edged with satire. This is not to be confused with Socialistic Realism, the official USSR art form that institutionalized Joseph Stalin in 1934 and later allied Communist parties worldwide.

Diegetic sound is sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film:

• voices of characters
  
• sounds made by objects in the story
  
• music represented as coming from instruments in the story space ( source music)

Diegetic sound is any sound presented as originated from the source within the film's world.
Digetic sound can be either on screen or off screen depending on whatever its source is within the frame or outside the frame. Another term for diegetic sound is actual sound.

Non-diegetic sound is sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action:

• Narrator's commentary
  
• Sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect
  
• Mood music Non-diegetic sound is represented as coming from the a source outside story space.

The distinction between diegetic or non-diegetic sound depends on our understanding of the conventions of film viewing and listening. We know of that certain sounds are represented as coming from the story world, while others are represented as coming from outside the space of the story events. A play with diegetic and non-diegetic conventions can be used to create ambiguity (horror), or to surprise the audience (comedy). Another term for non-diegetic sound is commentary sound.

Editing is the process of preparing language, images, sound, video, or film through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media. A person who edits is called an editor. In a sense, the editing process originates with the idea for the work itself and continues in the relationship between the author and the editor. Editing is, therefore, also a practice that includes creative skills, human relations, and a precise set of methods.