Codes and Conventions

Question 1

the established and socially accepted ways of doing things. In this media, these are styles and approaches that have been standardized into the content.

Answer 1

Comventions

Question 2

What are the two categories that Codes can be divided into?

Answer 2

Technical and Symbolic

Question 3

Is the study of signs. According to Hall (1997), media is always engaged in “signifying practices”, which means there is a kind of symbolic work that can be found in media text.

Answer 3

Semiotics

Question 4

Shot of a large crowd scene or a view of scenery as far as the horizon.

Answer 4

Extreme Long Shot

Question 5

A view of a situation or setting from a distance.

Answer 5

Long Shot

Question 6

Shows a group of people in interaction with each other. Example, fight scene, with part of their surroundings in the picture.

Answer 6

Medium Long Shot

Question 7

A shot that shows the subject within their surrounding environment.

Answer 7

Full Shot

Question 8

Shows a subject down to his or her chest or waist.

Answer 8

• Medium Shot
• Mid Shot
• Medium Close Shot

Question 9

A full screen shot of a subject’s face, showing the finest nuances of expression.

Answer 9

Close Up

Question 10

A shot of a hand, eye, or a mouth in detail.

Answer 10

Extreme Close-up Shot

Question 11

Often used at the beginning of a scene to indicate the location or setting, It is usually a long shot taken from a neutral position.

Answer 11

Establishing Shot

Question 12

A shot of an object in detail.

Answer 12

Detail Shot

Question 13

Shows a scene from the perspective of a character or one person. Most newsreel footages are shown from the perspective of the newscaster.

Answer 13

Point of View Shot (POV) Shot

Question 14

Often used in dialogue scenes, a frontal view of a dialogue partner from perspective of someone standing behind and slightly to the left side of the other partner, so that parts of both can be seen.

Answer 14

Over the Shoulder Shot

Question 15

Short shot of a character’s response to an action.

Answer 15

Reaction Shot

Question 16

A detail shot which quickly gives visual necessary to understand the meaning of a scene, for example a newspaper page, or a physical detail

Answer 16

Insert Shot

Question 17

A shot from the opposite perspective, after an over-the-shoulder shot.

Answer 17

Reverse Angle Shot

Question 18

The camera is not mounted on a tripod and instead is held by the cameraperson, resulting in less stable shots.

Answer 18

Hand-held Camera

Question 19

What are the four Camera Angles?

Answer 19

1. AERIAL SHOT or OVERHEAD SHOT
2. HIGH ANGLE SHOT
3. LOW ANGLE SHOT or BELOW SHOT
4. EYE LEVEL SHOT or STRAIGHT ON ANGLE

Question 20

Long or extreme long angle of the ground from the air (Camera Angle)

Answer 20

Aerial Shot / Overhead Shot (Camera Angle)

Question 21

Camera angle that shows people or objects from above, higher than eye level.

Answer 21

High Angle Shot

Question 22

Camera angle that shows people or objects from below, lower than eye level.

Answer 22

Low Angle or Below Shot

Question 23

Camera angle that views a subject from the level of a persons eye

Answer 23

Eye Level Shot or Straight On Angle

Question 24

What are the four Camera Movements?

Answer 24

1. Panning Shot
2. Tilt Shot
3. Tracking Shot
4. Zoom

Question 25

Camera movement in which the camera tilts up or tilts down around a vertical line.

Answer 25

Tilt Shot

Question 26

Camera movement in which the camera follows along next to or behind a moving object or person.

Answer 26

Tracking Shot

Question 27

Camera movement in which the stationary camera approaches a subject by “zooming in” or moves farther away by “zooming out

Answer 27

Zoom