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Which of the following is NOT a convention of an action movie?
Male hero
Female hero
Explosions
Faced paced dolly shots
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What form are these?
Television
Print
Radio
Film
3
What code can you see in this film still?
Audio
Technical
Symbolic
Written
4
What is the name of this camera angle?
Medium Shot
Close Up
Establishing shot
Point of view shot
5
What is the meaning of this technical code?
Makes the character look like a basketball player.
Makes the character look angry.
Makes the character look powerful.
Makes the character look submissive.
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What is a stereotype?
A way of describing a group of people fairly and accurately
A simplified idea of a group of people -usually negative
A type of hamburger
A music box
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What genre is the Big Bang Theory?
Reality Television
Drama
Comedy
News
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How long does a typical episode of a television drama go for?
1 hour and 30 minutes
2 hours
1 hour
30 minute
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What does 'dialogue' mean?
When someone is making a phone call
Any noise you can hear that is not speaking or music
All the music you can hear in the background
Everything that is said by the characters or narrator
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What form is home and away?
Print
Radio
Television
Film
11
What are the four narrative elements?
story line, beginning, middle, end
Costumes, scenes, props, body language
Characters, setting, conflict, resolution
Codes, symbolic, technical, audio
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Camera angles come under which group of codes?
Written
Audio
Symbolic
Technical
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What is one conflict that you WOULDN'T typically find on a TV drama series?
Class
Money
Love
World domination
14
What genre is the film 'Aliens'?
Sci-Fi
Romantic Comedy
Documentary
Thriller
15
What prop can you see in this film scene?
Cloak
Concentrating facial expression
Tie
Wand
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What is the "system of communication"?
The theory of how an audience interacts with media.
The theory of how one person interacts with a film.
The name of Justin Biebers latest album.
The theory of how messages are passed between two people.
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what does the 'S' stand for in the SWAT acronym?
science
symbolic
symbol
screen
18
Which of the following
values
would you typically see in mainstream media productions?
The villain gets the girl
Good wins over evil
The villain gets away
The hero dies
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Why would you use a long shot?
When you change settings.
To establish what time of day it is.
To show lots of information about where the characters are.
To establish the setting.
