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SWAT Codes
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This is a low camera angle.
True
False
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Captions are used to
create the atmosphere
emphasises significance
provide information
tell the audience about a character's personality
3
Social distance is created through
camera angles
camera shots
camera movement
juxtaposition
4
Non-diegetic sounds include
voice over, narration, sound FXs, soundtrack, score
dialogue, ambient sounds, source music
caterwauling
yodelling
5
Which language choices are often used in persuasive visual texts?
emotive
inclusive
all of the above
descriptive
6
SWAT Codes only work independently.
False
True
7
You can use SWAT codes to analyse audio-visual texts through years 7 - 12.
False
True
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SWAT codes are used to
make a cool text!
construct/shape meaning and position the audience
construct/shape meaning and position the author
help you study
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Bonus: see image for prompt
Clearing
Starting
Nineteen
Symbolic
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Camera angles, camera shots, social distance are technical codes.
False
True
11
Audio codes include...
body language, gaze
costume, lighting
music, sound FXs, dialogue, narration, silence
text messages, signs
12
SWAT codes can aid in the use of rhetoric.
False
True
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Why are different fonts used?
to persuade the viewer
to connote different meanings and create salience
to help build suspense
to look cool
14
Which is not a type of camera movement?
tracking
panning
dolly shot
close-up
15
What does SWAT stand for (in an English context)?
Symbolic, Written, Audio, Technology
Super Wicked Awesome Teacher
Special Weapons and Tactics
Symbolic, Written, Audio, Technical
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Technical codes are...
Techniques that use technology
Camera movement and lighting
Camera angles and shots
Technical wards
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Colour is a symbolic code because it
is not a written code
creates salience
colours can have symbolic meanings
provides context
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Bonus: ethos is a form of rhetoric that appeals to
time
audience values and credibility
audience emotions and credibility
logic and reasoning
19
What camera angle is this?
high camera angle
wide angle
low camera angle
birds eye
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Bonus: Which is not one of the five (5) modes of a multimodal text?
Linguistic
Gestural and Spatial
Kairos
Visual and Audio
21
Low-key lighting is symbolic of because it can symbolise
a sense of joy and wonder
a sense of danger or suspense
22
Colour, lighting, body language, gaze are symbolic codes.
True
False
23
Which of the following are symbolic codes?
The body language of the soldiers
The American flag
All of the previous
The colours
24
The act of placing two elements close to each other or side by side, connecting them or to allow a comparison is
Composition
Simile
Juxtaposition
Camera movement
25
What are the two (2) most prominent symbolic codes used in this image?
body language and clothing
clothing and colour
facial expression and clothing
colour and facial expression
26
Language choices are a written code.
False
True
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Which of the following are symbolic codes?
Colours, body lanaguge, objects and facial expression
Setting, facial expression, body language and long shot
Colours, body language, objects and composition
Juxtaposition
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'Clothing' and 'costume' are the same symbolic code
False
True
29
What shot is this
long shot
mid shot
extreme long shot
close up
30
Symbolic codes refer to
settings, colours, objects, lighting and characters
What angle of the shot is
What the characters are saying in the video
The written text in media
31
Which camera shot is this?
long shot
extreme long shot
birds eye
mid shot
32
Which of these is 'narration' not used for?
To structure the story in a clear way
To introduce information
To give perspective
To show the setting or the range of the action
33
SWAT codes include:
Symbolism Codes, Writing Codes, Audio Codes, Testimonials.
Symbolic Codes, Written Codes, Audio Codes, Technical Codes.
Symbolic Codes, Written Codes, Audio Codes, Techniques Codes
Colour, Setting, Text, Dialogue, Background Music.
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Examples of written codes are...
silence, sound FXs, music, narration
titles, captions, font, slogans, subtitles, subheadings, language choices
titles, colour, font, gaze, subtitles, low camera angles
body language, music, lighting, captions
35
Subtitles are typically displayed at the top of the screen, translating the dialogue.
True
False
36
Music is used in texts to
translate inaudible words
give us context
create symbolism
create the mood of the text
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Silence is not an audio code.
True
False
38
SWAT codes are conventions used
in audio and audio-visual texts
in audio texts only
in documentaries
in still images only
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Diegetic sounds are
noises
sounds added during the editing process
voice-over, soundtrack, score, narration
literal or real sounds coming from the actual text
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Which of these are symbolic codes?
facial expression, setting, gaze, gestures
objects, clothing, lighting, posture
All of them
body language, colour, costume, positioning
