General

Question 1

Digital convergent platform

Answer 1

Combining different media, information, voice telephony, television (etc.) into one single service.

Question 2

Exhibition and circulation

Answer 2

Ways and places to watch the film, regulation and classification.

Question 3

What are the 5 major film studios?

Answer 3

• Disney
• Warner Bros
• Universal
• Sony
• Paramount

Question 4

What are the big 3 media conglomerates?

Answer 4

• Disney
• Comcast
• TimeWarner

Question 5

What is a conglomerate?

Answer 5

A large company that owns other companies across a range of media platforms.

It increases the conglomerates domination of the market and their ability to distribute a product.

Question 6

Composition

Answer 6

Mise-en-scene (how the product was put together)

Question 7

Proxemics

Answer 7

The distance between subjects - the closer the characters, the closer the relationship

Question 8

High key lighting

Answer 8

Removes shadows producing a more upbeat feel

Question 9

Low key lighting

Answer 9

Emphasises shadows which constructs more serious connotations

Question 10

What effect does a close up shot have?

Answer 10

Intensifies the character’s emotions or suggests impending drama

Question 11

Sans serif font

Answer 11

Informal - more relatable

Question 12

Serif font

Answer 12

Formal - high class audience

Question 13

Diegetic sound

Answer 13

Sounds in a film that the actors can hear.

Question 14

Non-diegetic sound

Answer 14

Sound in a film that is added in post-production

Question 15

Contrapuntal music

Answer 15

Where the scene and the backing track contrast (possibly to foreshadow something)

Question 16

Lexis

Answer 16

The words used in a product (this could indicate genre/be recognisable to audiences)

Question 17

Master shot

Answer 17

Captures the scene entirely (the camera doesn’t move)

Question 18

Wide shot

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Shows a scale of what is going on

Keeps the subject in plain view amidst the surroundings

Gives us a better idea of the scene setting and how the character fits into the area

Question 19

Full shot

Answer 19

Allows multiple characters to be in a single shot

Question 20

Medium Wide shot

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Frames the subject from the knees up

Question 21

Cowboy shot

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Frames the subject from mid-thighs up.

Westerns used it to frame a holster on a cowboys hip.

Question 22

Medium shot

Answer 22

One of the most common shots

Frames from the waist up - emphasises more of the subject but keeps their surroundings visible

Question 23

Medium close up shot

Answer 23

Frames the subject from the chest up - favours the face but keeps the subject distant

Question 24

Close up shot

Answer 24

Used to reveal the subject’s emotions and reactions - perfect for important moments

Question 25

Extreme close up shot

Answer 25

Often used to show eyes, mouth and gun triggers.

Smaller objects get great detail and are the focal point.

Question 26

Graphic match

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When an cation that begins in one shot is continued or completed in the next

Question 27

Parallel editing

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Jumping between different scenes in order to create a link between them

Question 28

Low angle

Answer 28

The camera is looking up at them - often used to emphasise power dynamics between characters

Question 29

High angle

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Camera pointing down at subject - creates a sense of inferiority (but can depend on the context)

Question 30

Overhead shot

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From way up high, looking down of the subject with a good amount of scenery surrounding - creates a sense of scale and movement

Question 31

Dutch angle

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The camera is slanted to one side - creates a sense of disorientation

Question 32

Eye level shot

Answer 32

The most common height for a camera - it is a neutral perspective and mimics how we see people in real life.

Question 33

Shoulder level shot

Answer 33

The camera is roughly as high as the subject’s shoulders - can maximise the feeling of superiority when paired with a low angle.

Question 34

Hip level shot

Answer 34

Camera is roughly waist-high

Question 35

Knee level shot

Answer 35

Camera is as low as the subjects knees - can emphasise subject’s superiority of paired with a low angle

Often used as a tracking shot.

Question 36

Ground level shot

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The camera is on ground level with the subject

Question 37

Synergy

Answer 37

Elements working together to promote each other