Reality
Verisimilitude- appearance of being true or real.
Social Realism- the realistic depiction in art of complementarity life, as a means of social or political comment.
Magic Realism- a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy.
Hyper reality-Hyperreality is a concept in post-structuralism that refers to the process of the evolution of notions of reality
Visual Style
Iconography- a particular range or system of types of image used by an artist or artists to convey particular meanings
Intertextual referencing- when a text implicitly or explicitly refers to another text, by using distinctive, common or recognisable elements of the referenced text
Visual/Sound motifs-the visible elements that reoccur in your film to help tell your story.
Colour Grading- post-production process common to filmmaking and video editing of altering the appearance of an image for presentation in different environments on different devices.
Auteur trademarks- infuse films with their singular perspectives and trademark visual styles when translating them from screenplays to the screen.
Tone
Pathos-persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel.
Bathos- an effect of anti-climax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.
Suspense-a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.
Comedy-type of drama or other art form the chief object of which, according to modern notions, is to amuse.
Dramatic Irony-a literary device by which the audience’s or reader’s understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.
Distancing effect-the use of techniques designed to distance the audience from emotional involvement in the play through jolting reminders of the artificiality of the theatrical performance.
Post Modern Humour-the saturation of slippages and meanings prevent a solid linkage of humorous and serious meaning.