Hugo Media Studies

  Podcast Glossary Bed A bed is usually a piece of music that you run underneath someone talking as background material. Creative Commons Creative Commons is a non-profit organisation that regulates the copyright licenses on different creative works. This includes some licenses where you can freely use the creators work as long as they are appropriately credited. For more information head to CreativeCommons.org . DAW DAW stands for Digital Audio Workstation . It sounds complicated, but it’s really not! It simply means whatever software you’re using to record and mix your podcast , so that could be Adobe Audition, Audacity, Reaper, etc. Directories A podcast directory displays hundreds or podcasts to potential listeners so that people can find and listen to your show.  Jingle A short piece of audio usually used to introduce your show or to i ntroduce different segments of your show. Most commonly a piece of music usually no longer than 20 secs. Metadata (ID3 Tags) Info...

  A jump cut is a technique in film editing where a single continuous sequential shot is broken into two parts, with footage being removed in order to render the effect of jumping forward in time. There are five different applications of this technique: Style The first jump cut example is to simply create a stylish presentation. Think of the opening character introductions in Guy Ritchie’s Snatch and how the jump cuts create a rhythm and style that lures us into this darkly comedic yet dangerous criminal underworld. We can also look at Terrence Malick’s films like The Tree of Life, a film presented as more of a memory and/or dream. In this case, we can see how to use jump cuts to create a lyrical or poetic narrative that isn’t beholden to strict and rigid structures. Energy The second jump cut example is used to create energy. Consider Run, Lola, Run and how our main character’s frantic race against time is accelerated by jump cuts. Or what about Mad Max: Fury Road where the actio...

Star vs Celebrities The difference between a celebrity and a star. A celebrity are individuals that are famously know locally instead. While a Star is a individual that is known world wide famously for their talent.    Theory of stardom, this theory refers to the commodities manufactured by institutions. Dyers believe that celebrities are constructed to represent 'real people' experiencing real emotions in order to relate to the audience. Example : Stephen Curry, an NBA player, is a celebrity because he is well known only to people who play/watch Basket Ball but not worldwide, while Michael Jordan is a Star, because he is well known to be the best Basketball player worldwide. Reasons why  are interested in celebrities: Love - We are intrigued with the love life of the celebrities and stars, we could also feel a romantic relationship with them Ordinariness - We like to see them do things that we do regularly, living normal lives which we could relate to. Success - We li...

  Binary opposite theory created by Levi Strauss can be found in different media forms such as books and films. Binary opposite occurs when there are two opposite sides that are against each other to drive the narrative forward. These are the most common occurring binary opposites: Good vs evil Creation vs Destruction Strong vs weak Merciful vs merciless Backstory What is Dragon Ball? If you've never heard or seen Dragon Ball you definitely did not have a good childhood but even so I'll tell you anyways. There was once a warrior race who called themselves Saiyan's live to fight on the planet named planet Vegeta. Then it was destroyed by a galactic emperor call Frieza he was feared throughout the galaxy. Dragon Ball is a tale of a young saiyan warrior by the name of Son Goku or Kakarot his saiyan name who was sent to be raised on earth away from the destruction of his home planet, he lived in the mountains called mount Paozu, he's a young peculiar boy with a tail who mee...

  Tzvetan Todorov created a narrative structure theory which is about how the narration in a story is created. In the theory, Todorov has broken down this theory into 5 stages in chronological order:  Equilibrium : This is the stage where the character is living their normal and balanced daily life  Disruption : This stage is where the flow of the character's normal life is disrupted which ends up changing their normal lives Recognition : This stage is when the character realizes the occurring disruption Repair : This stage is the attempt to repair the disruption New Equilibrium :   When a new equilibrium/balance is has been restored Case Study - The Sea Beast (2022) SPOILER ALERT! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! Jacob Holland lived his whole life in equilibrium as a hunter, hunting sea monsters for a living with the legendary sea monster hunter Captain Crow and his legendary ship the inevitable. This is a normal routine for Jacob. The disruption occurs when they abandoned ...