Year 11 Media Semester One Exam Revision

Question 1

High Key Lighting, Mid Shots, Steady Camera Shots and sentimental music are conventions of

Accepted Answer

Romantic Comedy Genre

Question 2

Connotation means..

Accepted Answer

The attachment of meaning/s to a represented object

Question 3

What is the purpose of the 'Riz Test'?

Accepted Answer

To assess how Muslims are being portrayed in film & TV

Question 4

In media theory, 'selection' refers to...

Accepted Answer

Codes that are chosen by the creator to be included in their product

Question 5

What is the purpose of the Bechdel Test?

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To measure the representation of women in fiction, To assess how fair the representations of women are in a film

Question 6

The 'format' or recognisable appearance of a media product is called a...

Accepted Answer

Convention

Question 7

What percentage of free-to-air national news directors are male?

Accepted Answer

100%

Question 8

What percentage of free-to-air national news directors are Anglo-Celtic?

Accepted Answer

100%

Question 9

In media, 'representation' means...

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A person, idea, group or institution being depicted on a product

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a question on the Riz test?

Accepted Answer

How many women are in the film?

Question 11

What is this image a representation of?

Accepted Answer

Fatherhood

Question 12

This advertisement does not include technical codes..

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Low Key Lighting, Blood Curdling Screams, Suspenseful music, handheld camera are conventions of

Accepted Answer

Horror Genre

Question 14

Storyboarding is not an important part of pre-production of an audio visual media product

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Facial expressions, posture, colour, costume and appearance are what kind of codes?

Accepted Answer

Symbolic

Question 16

Prior to the 1950's, Indigenous Australians were often portrayed in what way on film?

Accepted Answer

As secondary rate people who needed to assimilate to a 'white' way of life, As uncivilised savages

Question 17

How does Meyne Wyatt feel about media representations of indigenous Australians?

Accepted Answer

He feels they are infrequent, stereotyped and vilified, He feels they are often inherently racist

Question 18

How many Australians are non-Anglo Celtic?

Accepted Answer

24%

Question 19

What percentage of faces on Australian TV are of non-European background?

Accepted Answer

6%

Question 20

What are some ways that Benjamin Law thinks the media should improve upon?

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Media producers to go out of their way to find diverse talent, Introduce a quota (minimum) of diverse representations

Question 21

True or false - media representations of Australian indigenous people have always been respectful and realistic

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Denotation means..

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Attaching a name or definition to a represented object

Question 23

What percentage of faces on Australian TV are 'white' (or Anglo-Celtic?)

Accepted Answer

75%

Question 24

In media theory, omission refers to...

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What has been deliberately left out of a media text

Question 25

Camera angles, lighting, sound, music and written text are what type of codes?

Accepted Answer

Technical

Question 26

There are certain types of representations, including...

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 27

What is being represented in this image?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 28

Media always represents reality

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

What is the connotation in this image?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 30

Which of the following IS a question from the Bechdel test?

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Do the female characters talk to one another?, Do the female characters talk to eachother about anything OTHER than a man?, Is there more than one female character in the film?

Question 31

In media theory, codes are used in the construction of representations. Codes are..

Accepted Answer

Recognisable signs that communicate specific meanings

Question 32

Australian media represents our diverse population fairly and equitably.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Recent representations of Indigenous Australians on film and tv are realistic, respectful & regularly depicted

Accepted Answer

False

Year 11 Media Semester One Exam Revision

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Year 11 Media Semester One Exam Revision

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