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What’s the first rule of Fight Club?
Hammo always wins
Youdon’t talk about fight club.
Youbring cake.
Youdon’t fight with Brad Pitt.
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Guess the Film
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
Skyfall
3
Why is sound a powerful film technique?
Because it can shape audience perception and interpretation
Because it cues audiences to form expectations
Because it engages a distinct sense mode
All of the above
4
How old is Mr Hamilton?
7
32
25
43
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What two actors have played the Joker in different Batman movies?
Heath Ledger and Danny de Vito
Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson
Heath Ledger and Nicholas Cage
6
What does blue connote?
Godliness
Calm
Anger
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Random film Trivia: In the Matrix, what colour are the pills Morpheus offers Neo?
Blue and Yellow
Blue and Green
Blue and Red
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Guess the TV Show
Orange is the new Black
Breaking Bad
Sons of Anarchy
Arrow
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What does Mise-En-Scene mean?
A term that means everything in the shot.Setting, props etc
A set of questions that keeps the audience guessing
The way in which people are portrayed or represented
The process of making a media product
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What does Convention mean?
The influence that media texts have on each other.
way of doing something that is widely known with the genre
A question that is not immediately answered
The attribute of a text or product that is highlighted
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Guess the TV Show
Atlantis
Friends
Time Team
Game of Thrones
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What does Convergence mean?
A system of signs which can be decoded to create meaning.
The way in which media comes together to create something.
A question that is not immediately answered
Fixing of meaning
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Which of the following are the types of sound in the cinema?
Rhythm, Fidelity, Space
Loudness, Pitch, Timbre
Speech, Music, Ambient Sound
Time, Perspective, Quality
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Guess the film
iRobot
Back to the Future
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Guardians of the Galaxy
15
In its most productive week, Pixar created how many minutes of Toy Story animation?
2minutes
3.5minutes
5minutes
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Who is the killer in the Nightmare on Elm Street films?
FreddyKruger
MichaelMyers
JasonVorhees
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What does Binary Opposition mean?
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
Hamilton: I hates sci-fi because i have a bad taste in film
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PART 1 - Key Terms: What does Connotation mean?
Describing what you see.
Where a media text makes reference to another media text
Being able to talk about the meanings of what you can see.
The way in which things are place next to each other
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Random media questions: In what ways can the filmmaker control the setting of mise-en-scene?
By controlling colour schemes and creating/sourcing props
By selecting an already existing locale (going on location)
All of the above
By constructing the setting
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What speed does the Delorean in Back to the Future need to reach to time travel?
99mph
88mph
188mph
77mph
21
Guess the film
Hot Tub Time Machine
The Heat
The Hangover
50 Shades of Grey
22
Which term is used when referring to ... what the text is about?
Story
Narrative
Anchorage
23
Guess the film
Iron Man
Adulthood
Superbad
This is England
24
Which of these is NOT a feature on a film poster?
Billing Block
Tag Line
Age Rating
Price
25
Guess the TV Show
Scrubs
Friends
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
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Another word for denotation is...
The understood
The signifier
The signified
27
Guess the TV Show
The Walking Dead
CSI: NY
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The Blackout
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What is an Antagonist?
The character whose function is to oppose the protagonist.
Way in which meaning is created
The contrast between two mutually exclusive concepts
Computer Generated Imagery.
29
Guess the film
Superbad
Breakfast Club
The Grinch
Fast and Furious
30
Guess the film
Robotcop
Kill Bill
The Karate Kid
Rush Hour
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What is the basic purpose of the continuity system?
To create a shot that remains constant for an extended time
To reduce the number of scene changes
To create a smooth flow from shot-to-shot
To reduce the action to one plotline
32
Guess the film
Chronicles of Narnia
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Twilight
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What does a sound track consist of?
A set of discrete sound units
An ongoing stream of auditory information
A compilation of speech, music and sound effects
Links of events and time in layers
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How much did it make?
1 billion (approx)
3 billion (approx)
700 million (approx)
£2.99
35
Guess the Film
Elf
Spectre
Man of Steel
Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation
36
Guess the film
Ghostbusters
Bad Santa
Man of Steel
Godzilla
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Which term is used when referring to ... how someone or something is being shown?
Realism
Representation
Polysemic
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Who directed the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Tim Burton
James Cameron
Steven Speilberg
39
Guess the film
Die Hard
The Expendables
Casio Royale
Mission Impossible 3
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What does Denotation mean?
Describing what you see
Things you expect to see/associate with a particular genre
The way in which things are placed next to each other
The way the different elements of a story are organised
41
Guess the film
The Godfather
The Italian Job
Austin Powers
Imitation Game
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What does Iconography mean?
Your display picture on facebook
The main character in a narrative
The way the audience consumes/views media
Things you expect to see/associate with a particular genre.
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What is the highest grossing film of all time? (how much money it made)
Titanic
The Avengers
Frozen
Avatar
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The media provides a...
... direct reflection of the real world.
... a representation of the real world.
... a binary opposite of the real world.
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Guess the film
The Dark Knight
American Psycho
Terminator Salvation
American Hustle
