Media Codes and Conventions

Question 1

system of signs and symbols which create meaning

Answer 1

codes

Question 2

3 types of codes

Answer 2

symbolic, technical, written

Question 3

show what is beneath the surface of what we see

Answer 3

symbolic codes

Question 4

under the symbolic codes

Answer 4

setting, mise-en-scene, acting, color

Question 5

is the time and place of the narrative. must always fit your message

Answer 5

setting

Question 6

refers to everything in front of the camera, including the set design, lighting, and actors

Answer 6

mise-en-scene

Question 7

actors portray characters in media products and contribute to character development, creating tension or advancing the narrative

Answer 7

acting

Question 8

they portray characters in media products

Answer 8

actors

Question 9

elicits a different and unique emotional response in the viewer, thus when you produce media, you have to be clever with your color choice

Answer 9

color

Question 10

ways in which equipment is used to tell the story

Answer 10

technical codes

Question 11

under technical codes

Answer 11

camerawork, audio/sound, lighting, editing

Question 12

types of camera shot

Answer 12

• extreme wide shot (xws)
• wide shot (ws)
• medium wide shot (mws)
• medium shot (ms)
• medium close-up (mcu)
• close-up (cu)
• extreme close-up (xcu)

Question 13

types of shot angles

Answer 13

• eye level
• low angle
• high angle
• hip level
• knee level
• ground level
• shoulder level
• dutch angle
• overhead
• aerial

Question 14

3-point basic lighting set-up

Answer 14

main light, fill light, hair light

Question 15

formal written language used in a media product. include font style and font size used, captions, choice of words, and emphasis of words

Answer 15

written codes

Question 16

generally accepted ways of presenting a media product and are closely connected to the audience’s expectations

Answer 16

conventions

Question 17

types of conventions

Answer 17

form conventions, story conventions, genre conventions,

Question 18

certain ways we expect types of media’s codes to be arranged

Answer 18

form conventions

Question 19

narrative structures and understandings that are common in story telling media products

Answer 19

story conventions

Question 20

types of story conventions

Answer 20

regular plot, en media res, flashback, cliff hanger, flashforward, foreshadowing

Question 21

morning to night, beginning to end, from being a child to being adult

Answer 21

regular plot

Question 22

in the middle of things, the movie started in the middle of the story

Answer 22

en media res

Question 23

back to the past, rewind a scene or tell a story from before

Answer 23

flashback

Question 24

hanging ending

Answer 24

cliff hanger

Question 25

shows future scene which the characters have planned

Answer 25

flashforward

Question 26

shows a future scene which might happen

Answer 26

foreshadowing

Question 27

points to the common use of tropes, characters, settings, or themes in a particular type of medium

Answer 27

genre conventions