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What’s the first rule of Fight Club?
Youdon’t fight with Brad Pitt.
Youbring cake.
Youdon’t talk about fight club.
Hammo always wins
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What does Binary Opposition mean?
Hamilton: I hates sci-fi because i have a bad taste in film
Todorov: All narratives follow a three part structure
Propp: Narrative must have differnet character types
Strauss: must be conflict in the narrative i.e Good Vs Bad
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What does Mise-En-Scene mean?
The way in which people are portrayed or represented
A term that means everything in the shot.Setting, props etc
A set of questions that keeps the audience guessing
The process of making a media product
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Guess the film
The Italian Job
The Godfather
Imitation Game
Austin Powers
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Which of the following are the types of sound in the cinema?
Rhythm, Fidelity, Space
Time, Perspective, Quality
Loudness, Pitch, Timbre
Speech, Music, Ambient Sound
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Random media questions: In what ways can the filmmaker control the setting of mise-en-scene?
All of the above
By controlling colour schemes and creating/sourcing props
By selecting an already existing locale (going on location)
By constructing the setting
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Guess the film
Superbad
The Grinch
Breakfast Club
Fast and Furious
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Guess the TV Show
24
The Walking Dead
CSI: NY
The Blackout
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What does a sound track consist of?
A set of discrete sound units
Links of events and time in layers
A compilation of speech, music and sound effects
An ongoing stream of auditory information
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Which term is used when referring to ... what the text is about?
Story
Narrative
Anchorage
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How old is Mr Hamilton?
7
32
25
43
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How much did it make?
3 billion (approx)
700 million (approx)
1 billion (approx)
£2.99
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What does Convergence mean?
The way in which media comes together to create something.
Fixing of meaning
A system of signs which can be decoded to create meaning.
A question that is not immediately answered
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Guess the film
The Hangover
50 Shades of Grey
Hot Tub Time Machine
The Heat
15
Guess the film
The Karate Kid
Kill Bill
Rush Hour
Robotcop
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Guess the TV Show
Orange is the new Black
Breaking Bad
Arrow
Sons of Anarchy
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What is an Antagonist?
The character whose function is to oppose the protagonist.
Computer Generated Imagery.
The contrast between two mutually exclusive concepts
Way in which meaning is created
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What does blue connote?
Calm
Anger
Godliness
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Which term is used when referring to ... how someone or something is being shown?
Polysemic
Realism
Representation
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Guess the Film
Spectre
Elf
Man of Steel
Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation
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Random film Trivia: In the Matrix, what colour are the pills Morpheus offers Neo?
Blue and Yellow
Blue and Red
Blue and Green
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Another word for denotation is...
The signified
The understood
The signifier
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Guess the film
iRobot
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Back to the Future
Guardians of the Galaxy
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What is the basic purpose of the continuity system?
To create a smooth flow from shot-to-shot
To create a shot that remains constant for an extended time
To reduce the number of scene changes
To reduce the action to one plotline
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Why is sound a powerful film technique?
Because it cues audiences to form expectations
Because it engages a distinct sense mode
All of the above
Because it can shape audience perception and interpretation
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Guess the TV Show
Game of Thrones
Friends
Time Team
Atlantis
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What does Denotation mean?
Things you expect to see/associate with a particular genre
Describing what you see
The way the different elements of a story are organised
The way in which things are placed next to each other
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Who is the killer in the Nightmare on Elm Street films?
FreddyKruger
MichaelMyers
JasonVorhees
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In its most productive week, Pixar created how many minutes of Toy Story animation?
2minutes
3.5minutes
5minutes
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What is the highest grossing film of all time? (how much money it made)
The Avengers
Titanic
Avatar
Frozen
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What two actors have played the Joker in different Batman movies?
Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson
Heath Ledger and Nicholas Cage
Heath Ledger and Danny de Vito
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What does Convention mean?
The attribute of a text or product that is highlighted
way of doing something that is widely known with the genre
The influence that media texts have on each other.
A question that is not immediately answered
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Guess the TV Show
The Big Bang Theory
Friends
How I Met Your Mother
Scrubs
34
Guess the film
Twilight
Lord of the Rings
Chronicles of Narnia
The Hobbit
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What speed does the Delorean in Back to the Future need to reach to time travel?
99mph
77mph
88mph
188mph
36
Guess the Film
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Skyfall
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Guess the film
American Hustle
American Psycho
Terminator Salvation
The Dark Knight
38
Guess the film
Bad Santa
Ghostbusters
Godzilla
Man of Steel
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What does Iconography mean?
Things you expect to see/associate with a particular genre.
The main character in a narrative
Your display picture on facebook
The way the audience consumes/views media
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Which of these is NOT a feature on a film poster?
Tag Line
Age Rating
Billing Block
Price
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PART 1 - Key Terms: What does Connotation mean?
Where a media text makes reference to another media text
The way in which things are place next to each other
Being able to talk about the meanings of what you can see.
Describing what you see.
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The media provides a...
... direct reflection of the real world.
... a binary opposite of the real world.
... a representation of the real world.
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Guess the film
This is England
Superbad
Iron Man
Adulthood
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Guess the film
Casio Royale
The Expendables
Die Hard
Mission Impossible 3
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Who directed the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Tim Burton
James Cameron
Steven Speilberg
