Year 12 terminology test 2

1. What is the name of sound that characters can hear, such as telephones and speech?

2. What is the name of sound that characters can’t hear, such as music and voice overs?

3. What’s this kind of shot called?

4. What’s this kind of shot called?

5. What’s this kind of shot called?

6. What types of code include body language and facial expression?

7. What type of sign looks like the thing it represents?

8. What type of sign is the spoken/written word (with the exception of onomoatopoeia)?

9. What type of sign is this?(The answer is NOT ‘a road sign’)

10. What is disequilibrium and what comes before and after it?

11. Whose theory includes the term ‘disequilibrium’?

12. Name three character types that Propp proposed could be found in most Russian fairy tales?

13. What do you call a literal meaning of a sign?

14. What do you call its symbolic meaning (what it represents)?

15. What do you call the part of the image that is in front and (usually) in focus?

16. What do you call the part of the image that is behind?

17. What is the technique of leaving pieces out by editing?

18. What is the name given to the ingredients of a certain genre / the parts that work together in signifying the genre?

19. What do you call an individual or specific part of a genre? Clue... A genre............

20. What three things can a text do to a stereotype?

21. What three kinds of readings does Stuart Hall suggest a text has?

22. Who claimed that woman have traditionally been constructed to be look at by the dominant male gaze. What date did she write up this theory?

23. Complete John Berger’s quote: “Men act, women....”

24. What is a mix of genres called?

25. What is a specific branch of a genre called (e.g. The superhero genre as a specific part of the action genre)

26. What type of narrative presents events in time order.

27. What’s it called when events are shown out of time-order?

28. Name three of Richard Dyer’s ‘Utopias’ (reasons why people consume media texts)

29. Name three of Blumler and Katz’s Uses and Gratifications of media texts.

30. Name two demographics and two psychographics.

31. What are the 5 stages of writing a paragraph of analysis?

1. What is the name of sound that characters can hear, such as telephones and speech?

1. What is the name of sound that characters can hear, such as telephones and speech? ANSWER: DIEGETIC SOUND

2. What is the name of sound that characters can’t hear, such as music and voice overs?

2. What is the name of sound that characters can’t hear, such as music and voice overs? ANSWER: NON-DIEGETIC SOUND

3. What’s this kind of shot called?

3. What’s this kind of shot called?

ANSWER: A CLOSE UP

4. What’s this kind of shot called?

4. What’s this kind of shot called?

ANSWER: ESTABLISHING SHOT / LONG SHOT

5. What’s this kind of shot called?

5. What’s this kind of shot called?

ANSWER: EXTREME CLOSE UP

6. What types of code include body language and facial expression?

6. What types of code include body language and facial expression?ANSWER: NON-VERBAL CODE or VISUAL CODE

7. What type of sign looks like the thing it represents?

7. What type of sign looks like the thing it represents?

ANSWER: ICONIC SIGN

8. What type of sign is the spoken/written word (with the exception of onomoatopoeia)?

8. What type of sign is the spoken/written word (with the exception of onomoatopoeia)?ANSWER: SYMBOLIC SIGN

9. What type of sign is this?(The answer is NOT ‘a road sign’)

9. What type of sign is this?(The answer is NOT ‘a road sign’)ANSWER: INDEXICAL SIGN

10. What is disequilibrium and what comes before and after it?

10. What is disequilibrium and what comes before and after it?ANSWER: It is the state of chaos/imabalance/a problem/dilemma. It is preceeded by the equilibrium and followed by a new equilibrium

11. Whose theory includes the term ‘disequilibrium?

11. Whose theory includes the term ‘disequilibrium?ANSWER: Todorov

12. Name three character types that Propp proposed could be found in most Russian fairy tales?

12. Name three character types that Propp proposed could be found in most Russian fairy tales?ANSWER: The hero / false hero / dispatcher / helper / princess / magician etc.

13. What do you call a literal meaning of a sign?

13. What do you call a literal meaning of a sign?ANSWER: DENOTATION

14. What do you call its symbolic meaning (what it represents)?

14. What do you call its symbolic meaning (what it represents)? ANSWER: CONNOTATION

15. What do you call the part of the image that is in front and (usually) in focus?

15. What do you call the part of the image that is in front and (usually) in focus?ANSWER: FOREGROUND

16. What do you call the part of the image that is behind?

16. What do you call the part of the image that is behind?ANSWER: BACKGROUND

17. What is the technique of leaving pieces out by editing?

17. What is the technique of leaving pieces out by editing?ANSWER: ELLIPSES

18. What is the name given to the ingredients of a certain genre / the parts that work together in signifying the genre?

18. What is the name given to the ingredients of a certain genre / the parts that work together in signifying the genre?ANSWER: THE REPERTOIRE OF ELEMENTS

19. What do you call an individual or specific part of a genre? Clue... A genre............

19. What do you call an individual or specific part of a genre? Clue... A genre............ ANSWER: CODE/TROPE

20. What three things can a text do to a stereotype?

20. What three things can a text do to a stereotype? ANSWER: REINFORCE / MODIFY / SUBVERT

21. What three kinds of readings does Stuart Hall suggest a text has?

21. What three kinds of readings does Stuart Hall suggest a text has?ANSWER: PREFERRED / NEGOTIATED / OPPOSITIONAL

22. Who claimed that woman have traditionally been constructed to be look at by the dominant male gaze. What date did she write up this theory?

22. Who claimed that woman have traditionally been constructed to be look at by the dominant male gaze. What date did she write up this theory?ANSWER: Laura Mulvey (1975)

23. Complete John Berger’s quote: “Men act, women....”

23. Complete John Berger’s quote: “Men act, women....”ANSWER: APPEAR

24. What is a mix of genres called?

24. What is a mix of genres called?

ANSWER: A HYBRID GENRE

25. What is a specific branch of a genre called (e.g. The superhero genre as a specific part of the action genre)

25. What is a specific branch of a genre called (e.g. The superhero genre as a specific part of the action genre)

ANSWER: A SUB-GENRE

26. What type of narrative presents events in time order.

26. What type of narrative presents events in time order.

ANSWER: A LINEAR NARRATIVE

27. What’s it called when events are shown out of time-order?

27. What’s it called when events are shown out of time-order?

ANSWER: A NON-LINEAR NARRATIVE

28. Name three of Richard Dyer’s ‘Utopias’ (reasons why people consume media texts)

28. Name three of Richard Dyer’s ‘Utopias’ (reasons why people consume media texts)

ANSWER: ENERGY / COMMUNITY / CLARITY or TRANSPARENCY / ABUNDANCE / INTENSITY

29. Name three of Blumler and Katz’s Uses and Gratifications of media texts.

29. Name three of Blumler and Katz’s Uses and Gratifications of media texts.

ANSWER: INFORMATION / PERSONAL IDENTITY / SOCIAL INTERACTION / ENTERTAINMENT

30. Name two demographics and two psychographics.

30. Name two demographics and two psychographics.

DEMOGRAPHICS: A / B / C1 / C2 / D / EPSYCHOGRAPHICS: ASPIRER, SUCCEEDER, REFORMER, EXPLORER, RESIGNED, STRUGGLER

31. What are the 5 stages of writing a paragraph of analysis?

31. What are the 5 stages of writing a paragraph of analysis?

• Identify a specific technique, using media terminology.

• Briefly explain what it communicates.

• Describe specific/significant aspects.

• Discuss how it appeals/what it may communicate to its target audience.

• Explore a negotiated or oppositional reading, including your own position, using critical theory, if relevant.