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Audience Flow- This is the extension of an audience. eg clustering similar programmes together.
This can be used for my independat study as the director has put chapters together effectively for the audience yo flow throygh.

Binary Opposition- This is the term used by Claude Levi-Strauss that structures aroubd oppositional elements. e.g-Good and Evil, Life and Death.
For my independant study i can show the opposition between The Bride and Bill.

Connotation- This shows the meaning of an image and what is behind it.
In Kill Bill i could use Uma Thurmans Sword as this has meanings of power and authority.

Feminism- This is a political movement to advance the status of females in todays society.
Kill Bill can show how females have adapted.

Hypothesis- A theory or supposition of the possible pattern of causes and effects.
Can see contemporary representations of females can bee seen in Kill Bill.

Intertextuality- consists of deliberately including reference to one text in the narrative of another.
I can refer this to my study as I can make many references to westerns, gangsters, and Japanese samurai films.

Male Gaze- Laura Mulvey used this term in her essay ‘visual pleasures’ and Narrative, to describe what she saw as the male point of view adopted by the camera.

Miramax- Film Corporation founded by Harvey and bob Weinstein.
Can relate to Kill Bill as they produce it.

Post Feminism- a perspective, which takes the achievements of feminism for granted, and views it ineffectively in identifying the current position of women.
Uma Thurman can be seen to achieve her main targets in the movies and have a lot of power and authority for such a female.

Sadism- this shows the audience having pleasure at watching other people’s pain.
I can relate this to Kill Bill as Uma Thurman uses her strength to kill many of her opposition and the audience are watching it and enjoying the pain of seeing other people suffer.