Media Codes and Conventions

What is the correct definition for film codes?

• Codes are input into a camera to give it a certain style

• Codes are the generally excepted ways of doing something

• Codes are systems of signs, which create meaning

• The producer and the director use codes to speak to each other

What acronym is used to remember the codes of film

• WAIT

• SWIG

• CAMELS

• SWIM

What is the correct definition for film conventions?

• Conventions are systems of signs, which create meaning

• The director uses conventions to speak with their crew

• A convention is a generally excepted way of doing something

• Conventions are settings on the cinematographers camera

What does the acronym CAMELS stand for?

• Camera, Angles, Make, Engaging, Lights, Sound

• Censorship, Action, Montage, Ego, Loud, Sound

• Caption, Application, Motion, Enjoyment, Large, Suspense

• Camera, Acting, Mise en scene, Editing, Lighting, Sound

Which of the following is a convention?

• Symbolism

• Genre

• Technical

• Narrative

Which of the following is a symbolic code?

• Lighting

• Music

• Camera Angle

• Sound Layering

What is a technical code?

• How you program equipment

• Another name for film equipment

• Language used by film crew

• Ways of using technology to add meaning

Which genre would you expect to see dark lighting?

• Sci-Fi

• Comedy

• Family

• Horror

Which of the following is NOT an example of the symbolic code?

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Which one of these is a convention of Sci-Fi?

• Intense social interaction

• Bright Colours

• Symphonic Music

• Close-ups