Lesson 6

Question 1

___________________ are like the building blocks of all the media around us

Answer 1

Media codes and conventions

Question 2

generally have an agreed meaning, or connotation, to their audience.

Answer 2

Media Codes

Question 3

Three Types of Media Codes

Answer 3

Symbolic Codes, Technical Codes, Written Codes

Question 4

are expected ways in which codes are organised in a product.

Answer 4

Conventions

Question 5

These include techniques and methods like camera angle, shot type, and lightning

Answer 5

Technical Codes

Question 6

Some examples include headlines, captions, titles, writing styles

Answer 6

Writing Codes

Question 7

Codes related to sounds

Answer 7

Audio COdes

Question 8

Codes use to convey symbolic rather than literal meanings

Answer 8

Symbolic Codes

Question 9

Analysing Sound

Answer 9

Dialogue, Music, Sound Effects

Question 10

Dialogue

Answer 10

Speech/words, Accent, Tone

Question 11

Music

Answer 11

Pace/Tone, Instruments, Lyrics

Question 12

We can see the source of the sound

Answer 12

On-screen sound

Question 13

The source of the sound come from outside the frame

Answer 13

Off-screen sound

Question 14

Sound which is part of the film world you are watching, you can see the source of the sound

Answer 14

Diegetic Sound

Question 15

Not part of the film, it has been edited in

Answer 15

Non-Diegetic Sound

Question 16

Sound which mirrors the mood of what we are seeing

Answer 16

Parallel Sound

Question 17

Sounds that do not fit the scene

Answer 17

Contrapuntal Sounds

Question 18

Symbolic Codes

Answer 18

Setting, Mise En Scene, Acting, Color

Question 19

Conventions

Answer 19

Form Conventions, Story Conventions, Genre COnventions

Question 20

are social in nature. What this means is that these codes live outside the media product themselves, but would be understood in similar ways in the ‘real life’ of the audience.

Answer 20

Symbolic Codes