HALF TERM QUIZ

QUESTION 1

What is the name of the theorist who thinks that every story has equilibrium, disruption, resolution and new equilibrium?

QUESTION 2

What key term do we use to describe a shot when a camera is placed looking up at a person / object?

QUESTION 3

What is a key word we use instead of “shows” in Media Studies?

For example:

The colour red shows that the woman might be dangerous

QUESTION 4

What is your exam topic?

QUESTION 5

In Propp’s character theory, what is the key word he uses to describe the character who sends the hero on his quest?

QUESTION 6

What is the key word we can use instead of villain?

QUESTION 7

What is the name of the theory that says that audiences like media products that provide them with one of the following five things?:

Escape

Entertainment

A sense of identity

Information / Education

Social Interaction

QUESTION 8

Young and Rubicam have a theory that everyone falls into a different personality category. Some of these categories include the Aspirer, the Succeeder etc.. What is the personality category that they think MOST people fit into? They think these people want to fit in with others and that they like things that are popular.

QUESTION 9

The socio-economic scale, splits people into different categories based on their jobs / salaries. What is the letter of the alphabet they use to describe people who are middle class, middle managers, with good salaries?

QUESTION 10

What is the missing key word in this sentence about an audience?

The social _______ of the audience for Snapchat are teenagers aged 13-19, students and mostly single.

QUESTION 11

What is the name of the program you used on the MAC computers last week to edit photos and other images?

QUESTION 12

What percentage of this course is the coursework?

QUESTION 13

What is the key word / phrase we use instead of “slogan” when discussing films?

QUESTION 14

What is the key word for the pictures / screen shots from the film, that we see on the back of a DVD cover?

QUESTION 15

What is the key word in media that we use instead of the word “company”?

QUESTION 17

What is the combination of keys you have to hold down to do a “print screen” on the MAC computer?

QUESTION 18

What is the key phrase we use when a film is not just ONE genre, but combines two or more genres?

For example: such as action comedy or sci fi horror.

QUESTION 19

What is the key word we use to describe the paragraph of writing on the back of a DVD cover that explains some of the storyline?

QUESTION 20

What is the key word we might use when labelling the back of a DVD cover to explain what country the disc is playable in?