Media Questions: Trivia Exam! Quiz
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Do you know anything about the media? Would you like to see if you can answer these questions? There are common social media questions and answers. The first is, “do I have to be on every social network? ” another is “what type of content should I share? ” Social media is created to procure information regarding social media sites and the people who are on them. If you choose to learn more about media, try this quiz.
- 1.The definition of ‘medium’ is:
- A.
Categories of media based on the technology used to create and distribute them – for example: film, television, mobile phones
- B.
A particular media product – for example: Despicable Me, Modern Family, Instagram
- C.
A means or instrument for storing or communication information
- D.
A French term meaning ‘type’. A term used to describe the way we catagorise texts
- 2.The definition of ‘media form’ is:
- A.
A particular media product – for example: Despicable Me, Modern Family, Instagram
- B.
Categories of media based on the technology used to create and distribute them – for example: film, television, mobile phones
- C.
A means or instrument for storing or communication information
- D.
A French term meaning ‘type’. A term used to describe the way we catagorise texts
- 3.The definition of ‘media text’ is:
- A.
Categories of media based on the technology used to create and distribute them – for example: film, television, mobile phones
- B.
A particular media product – for example: Despicable Me, Modern Family, Instagram
- C.
A means or instrument for storing or communication information
- D.
A French term meaning ‘type’. A term used to describe the way we catagorise texts
- 4.The definition of ‘genre’ is:
- A.
Categories of media based on the technology used to create and distribute them – for example: film, television, mobile phones
- B.
A particular media product – for example: Despicable Me, Modern Family, Instagram
- C.
A means or instrument for storing or communication information
- D.
A French term meaning ‘type’. A term used to describe the way we catagorise texts
- 5.A 'target audience' is:
- A.
The audience or market the producers of a media product have in mind when they create and promote a product
- B.
All the people who consume a media text
- 6.The definition of ‘character’ is:
- A.
The real life person who pretends to be the character in a film.
- B.
Alice in Wonderland
- C.
A location within a text.
- D.
A person or entity that exists in a media text
- 7.The definition of ‘actor’ is:
- A.
A location within a text.
- B.
The real life person who pretends to be the character in a film.
- C.
Kit Harrington
- D.
A person or entity that exists in a media text
- 8.The definition of ‘narrative’ is:
- A.
A chain of events in cause and effect occurring in space and time
- B.
The main story
- C.
The formatted written text of a film
- D.
A series of drawings and written directions representing all shots in a film
- 9.The definition of ‘plot’ is:
- A.
The formatted written text of a film
- B.
A chain of events in cause and effect occurring in space and time
- C.
A series of drawings and written directions representing all shots in a film
- D.
The main story
- 10.The definition of ‘script’ is:
- A.
The formatted written text of a film
- B.
A chain of events in cause and effect occurring in space and time
- C.
A series of drawings and written directions representing all shots in a film
- D.
The main story
- 11.The definition of ‘storyboard’ is:
- A.
The formatted written text of a film
- B.
A chain of events in cause and effect occurring in space and time
- C.
A series of drawings and written directions representing all shots in a film
- D.
The main story
- 12.Editing is best described as:
- A.
Using imovie to mix your camera shots together
- B.
What the director does to combine shots, sound and vision to make a final movie
- C.
Combining shots, sound and vision – mixed, rearranged and cut together to create a final product
- D.
Combining camera and audio – mixed and cut together to create a final product
- 13.Denotation is:
- A.
The meaning that words, images and sounds suggest beyond the literal description
- B.
The simple description of what can be seen or heard
- 14.Connotation is:
- A.
The meaning that words, images and sounds suggest beyond the literal description
- B.
The simple description of what can be seen or heard
- 15.'Representation' in Media means words, images, sounds, or stories that stand for something else such as ideas, groups, people, places, emotions, or things.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.The elements used to construct representations are recognisable from:
- A.
Cinemas we visit
- B.
Our daily lives and experience
- C.
The people we know
- D.
All of the above
- 17.Representations gradually naturalise: that is, they come to be seen as normal. Media creators do this by using well know and recognised ____________ and ________________. Write the two missing words using all lower case and leave only a single space between the words. The spelling must be correct.
- 18.The definition of code is:
- A.
The ways in which signs are combined that are particular to media forms or text types
- B.
An oversimplified representation of a person, group, place or idea that has been repeated so often that it appears natural
- C.
A positive stereotype, a reverse stereotype
- D.
The signs that communicate meaning
- 19.The definition of the convention is:
- A.
The ways in which signs are combined that are particular to media forms or text types
- B.
A positive stereotype, a reverse stereotype
- C.
The signs that communicate meaning
- D.
An oversimplified representation of a person, group, place or idea that has been repeated so often that it appears natural
- 20.The definition of stereotype is:
- A.
The ways in which signs are combined that are particular to media forms or text types
- B.
An oversimplified representation of a person, group, place or idea that has been repeated so often that it appears natural
- C.
A positive stereotype, a reverse stereotype
- D.
The signs that communicate meaning
- 21.The definition of countertype is:
- A.
A positive stereotype, a reverse stereotype
- B.
The ways in which signs are combined that are particular to media forms or text types
- C.
An oversimplified representation of a person, group, place or idea that has been repeated so often that it appears natural
- D.
The signs that communicate meaning
- 22.Which of the following is a film character stereotype:
- A.
Femme Fatale
- B.
Cat lady
- C.
Geek/Nerd
- D.
Crazy scientist
- E.
Blonde Bimbo
- F.
Bad Boy/Rebel
- G.
Jock
- H.
All of the above
- 23.A countertype character is often described as a:
- A.
Black character
- B.
Token character
- C.
Reverse character
- D.
A geek
- 24.The television show 'Modern Family' uses traditional, well-known stereotypes in its narrative (story).
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Conventions are patterns of construction that are common to each medium or type of media production. Conventions are the 'rules' that a genre should follow. Which of the following is NOT an example of a genre-based convention?
- A.
A gorgeous teenage girl wearing a white dress goes outside into the dark to check out a scary noise
- B.
A superhero has a 'showdown' fight with his nemesis (ultimate enemy)
- C.
A femme fatale tricks her lover into murdering her husband
- D.
An alien species threatens to destroy Earth and a hero must save it
- E.
None of the above
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