AS Media Studies (MEST1)

Question 1

Describes the use of the camera (framing, movement and angles.)

Accepted Answer

Cinematography

Question 2

Where is a high angle shot taken from?

Accepted Answer

Above the object (looking down)

Question 3

The term that describes the associated meaning of something. E.g. Red as danger or love

Accepted Answer

Connotation

Question 4

The narrative theorist who came up with the 5 stage of narrative

Accepted Answer

Tsvetin Todorov

Question 5

Describes sound from outside the 'world' of the text. E.g. Background Music and Narration

Accepted Answer

Non-Diegetic Sound

Question 6

What is a fade to black transition often used to signify?

Accepted Answer

The end of something

Question 7

ITV is what type of broadcaster?

Accepted Answer

Commercial

Question 8

One of the pleasures offered by media according to Blumer & Katz

Accepted Answer

Desire, Information

Question 9

Claude Levi-Strauss' Narrative Theory

Accepted Answer

Binary Opposition

Question 10

How confident are you for the exam tomorrow?

Accepted Answer

Quite confident, I need help!!, Really confident, Not very confident

Question 11

Which are elements of Mise-en-Scene...

Accepted Answer

Setting, Lighting, Costumes

Question 12

When media institutions target audiences based on their personality traits

Accepted Answer

Psychographics

Question 13

Institutions want their brand to have a consistent...

Accepted Answer

House Style

Question 14

Sound which matches what is happening on the screen is called...

Accepted Answer

Parallel

Question 15

The three elements that make up Cinematography

Accepted Answer

Framing, Angles and Movement

Question 16

The term that refers to how a frame moves into another

Accepted Answer

Transition

Question 17

What does 'mise-en-scène' literally translate to?

Accepted Answer

Within the frame

Question 18

A large audience of many people is referred to as...

Accepted Answer

Mainstream

Question 19

Which of these is an example of binary oppositions?

Accepted Answer

Young and Old, Good and Evil

Question 20

What are the three media platforms?

Accepted Answer

Print, broadcasting and e-media

Question 21

What is a demographic?

Accepted Answer

Defines groups based on gender, age and income

Question 22

What is denotation?

Accepted Answer

Describing what you can see

Question 23

What is the theory that includes opinion leaders?

Accepted Answer

Two-step flow

Question 24

The term used to describe lighting that is natural to the setting and atmosphere of a scene

Accepted Answer

Ambient

Question 25

What editing technique is used here?

Accepted Answer

Montage

Question 26

The main character is known as the...

Accepted Answer

Protagonist

Question 27

The term used to describe a small, specialised audience

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Niche

Question 28

Describes how audiences may consume media to get away from their problems

Accepted Answer

Escapism

Question 29

The regulatory body for television and radio is..

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OFCOM

Question 30

The term used to describe lighting that is used to highlight characters or objects

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High-Key

Question 31

A shared belief in society is referred to as...

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Ideology

Question 32

A term used to describe a challenge to a stereotype...

Accepted Answer

Countertype

Question 33

What genre is likely to be based in 'real life' situations with 'real' people in it?

Accepted Answer

Reality TV, Docusoap

Question 34

Which of these is not an e-media platform?

Accepted Answer

The Sun newspaper

Question 35

What characters say is referred to as...

Accepted Answer

Dialogue

Question 36

Most institutions have core 'Brand Values' of being...

Accepted Answer

High Quality

Question 37

The name(s) associated with narrative theory...

Accepted Answer

Todorov & Propp, Levi-Strauss & Barthes

Question 38

According to Propp, how many character types are there?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 39

A type of narrative structure that continues in a very logical, chronological order

Accepted Answer

Linear

Question 40

What does intertextuality mean?

Accepted Answer

The shaping of media products through referencing

AS Media Studies (MEST1)

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AS Media Studies (MEST1)

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