Key Words + Theories

Question 1

No background information and only part of the face is visible.

Answer 1

Extreme/Big close up (ECU or BCU)

Question 2

From the waist up.

Answer 2

Medium shot/Mid shot (MS)

Question 3

You can see a characters whole body.

Answer 3

Long shot (LS)

Question 4

You can see mountains and people are tiny.

Answer 4

Extreme long shot (ELS)

Question 5

Extreme/Big close up (ECU or BCU)

Answer 5

No background information and only part of the face is visible.

Question 6

Medium shot/Mid shot (MS)

Answer 6

From the waist up.

Question 7

Long shot (LS)

Answer 7

You can see a characters whole body.

Question 8

Extreme long shot (ELS)

Answer 8

You can see mountains and people are tiny.

Question 9

High angle shot (HAS)

Answer 9

Looking down on something

Makes the character look weak or small

Question 10

The character is very far away and is very small

Answer 10

Extreme long shot (ELS)

Question 11

Low angle shot (LAS)

Answer 11

Looking up at something

Used on buildings and important/powerful people.

Question 12

Makes objects seem large and powerful

Used on buildings and important/powerful people.

Answer 12

High Angle Shot (HAS)

Question 13

Shot - Reverse - Shot (SRS)

Answer 13

Switch over peoples shoulders to show their faces during a conversation.

Question 14

switch over peoples shoulders to show their face during a conversation.

Answer 14

Shot - Reverse - Shot (SRS)

Question 15

Canted shot (CS)

Answer 15

any shot can be used but the cameras slanted so the pictures at an angle.

Question 16

any shot can be used but the cameras slanted so the pictures at an angle.

Answer 16

canted shot (CS)

Question 17

Panning shot.

Answer 17

You can pan from left to right or right to left.

The camera pivots in one position.

Question 18

You can pan from left to right or right to left.

The camera pivots in one position.

Answer 18

Panning shot.

Question 19

Tracking shot

Answer 19

Tracking from left to right and right to left.

Question 20

Tracking from left to right and right to left.

Answer 20

Tracking shot

Question 21

Tilt shot

Answer 21

The camera pivots from a single shot.

Up and down.

Question 22

The camera pivots from a single shot.

Up and down.

Answer 22

Tilt shot

Question 23

Crane shot

Answer 23

Wide variety of changing movements.

Question 24

Wide variety of changing movements.

Answer 24

Crane shot

Question 25

What are the types of sound?

Answer 25

``` Diegetic sound Non-diegetic sound On-screen sound Off-screen sound Parallel sound Contrapuntal sound ```

Question 26

Diegetic sound

Answer 26

Sounds that are naturally there. | E.g. Footsteps and guns firing.

Question 27

Non-diegetic sound

Answer 27

Sound that has to be edited in. | E.g. Music and narration.

Question 28

On-screen sound

Answer 28

Always diegetic | Viewers can see the sound be generated

Question 29

Off-screen sound

Answer 29

Always non-diegetic | Viewers cannot see the sound be generated.

Question 30

Parallel

Answer 30

Sound which is appropriate and fits the imagery

Question 31

Contrapuntal

Answer 31

Sound which doesn't fit into the tune of the visual imagery.

Question 32

Highbrow TV

Answer 32

Intellectual or rarefied in taste

Question 33

Intellectual or rarefied in taste

Answer 33

Highbrow TV

Question 34

Lowbrow TV

Answer 34

Not intellectual or cultural

Question 35

Not intellectual or cultural

Answer 35

Lowbrow TV

Question 36

Hypodermic needle

Answer 36

Developed in the 1920s + 1930s Linear communication theory Passive audience No individual difference

Question 37

Linear patterns

Answer 37

Progresses forward towards a resolution

Question 38

Non linear

Answer 38

Less unusual but provides intrigue and creates mystery. May use flashbacks

Question 39

Multi - strand media

Answer 39

Popular in broadcast tv and films. | Involves more then one narrative running parallel involving different characters locations.

Question 40

Propp

Answer 40

``` Vladimir Propp says that there are 8 types of Character The Hero The Villain The Donor The Dispatcher The False Hero The Helper The Princess Her Father ```

Question 41

Perkins

Answer 41

Stereotyping is not a simple process and contains a number of assumptions that can be challenged

Question 42

Todorov

Answer 42

Todorov's narrative theory suggests that all narratives follow a three part structure

Question 43

Hypodermic Needle Theory

Answer 43

The views of the media are injected into the audience

Question 44

Two Step Flow

Answer 44

This theory asserts that information from the media moves in two distinct stages. Individuals Opinion leaders

Question 45

Cultivation Theory

Answer 45

Cultivation theory examines the long-term effects of television.

Question 46

Maslow

Answer 46

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is in the shape of a pyramid with the most fundamental levels of needs at the bottom and the need for self-actualization at the top

Question 47

Uses and Gratifications

Answer 47

Uses and gratifications theory is an approach to understanding why and how people actively seek out specific media to satisfy specific needs.

Question 48

Bechdal Test

Answer 48

The Bechdel Test is a simple test which movies are tested to see if it has to have at least two women in it, who talk to each other about something besides a man.

Question 49

The Hero

Answer 49

The character that seeks something

Question 50

The Villain

Answer 50

Opposes or actively blocks the hero's quest

Question 51

The Donor

Answer 51

Provides an object with magical properties

Question 52

The Dispatcher

Answer 52

Sends the hero on his/her quest via a message

Question 53

The False Hero

Answer 53

Distrust the hero success by making false claims

Question 54

The Helper

Answer 54

Aids the hero

Question 55

The Princess

Answer 55

Acts as the reward for the hero and the object of the villains plot

Question 56

Her Father

Answer 56

Acts to reward the hero for the hero's efforts