Font size
WorksheetsQuiz 1 TV criticism
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
Derive from Greek word, Krinien, what is criticism?
To comprehend
To evaluate
To legitimize
To comment
Studies showed by the time student finishes high school they would have spent ________ hours
10,000 hours
20,000 hours
30,000 hours
40,000 hours
TV is also known as the __________ box
Cereal
Square
Idiot
Dynamic
Which is not the reason to have a serious critical analysis of TV?
Interpret and understand
Critically evaluate
Provides information, insights
To produce more TV critics
TV is also known as a mass society or _________ culture
global
intricate
popular
media
______ art consists of technically complex and thematically unique creative forms produced by an identifiable artist.
Fine
Gold
Elite
Titanium
_____ art commercially distributed, standardized artistic forms that lack the complex individualism typical of elite art
Mess
More
Expand
Mass
The art of criticism involves organising, ______, analysing, interpreting and evaluating the patterned relationships among symbols in individual texts
constructing
tolerating
masking
describing
_____ statement expresses the central, critical insight. It is NOT a statement of fact, NOT an announcement & NOT a vague opinion
Thesis
Discourse
Elemental
Critical
_____ argument that develop the thesis – may be framed in a form of a question OR interpretive proposition
Illogical
Critical
Logical
Robust
There are four criteria for evaluating TV criticism except
Does it provide sufficient evidence for he claims in the essay?
Does it offer a plausible rational for its cultural, critical or practical significance?
Does it possess internal consistency?
Does it cause an astute reader to reject the critical interpretation argued in the essay
Auteur in French simply means __________
Actor
Auteurism
Author
Authentic
According to Andre Bazin (1957), auteur criticism is a _____ approach that involves choosing in the ____creation the personal factor as a criterion of reference, then postulating its permanence and progress from one work to the next
critique, arts
critical, artistic
artistic, critical
fundamentals, creative
Auteurism dates back from the publication of __________ 1954 by French director and critic Francois Truffant.
Cashmiere du Cineque
Cahiers du Cinema
Cinema du Cash
Cynical au revoir
John Caughie argued that one of the strengths of auteur criticism is that it addresses aesthetic matters because of ____
mise-en-scene
artistic expression
aesthetics
scene by scene
Mise-en-scene (meez-on-sen) means_____
Everything that creates the artistic "world" of the movie and its overall atmosphere
Everything that creates the aesthetic "world" of the movie and its overall atmosphere
Everything that creates the visual "world" of the movie and its overall atmosphere
Everything but background story which creates the visual "world" of the movie
These are the steps taken to conduct auteur-centered criticism excepts
Select the auteur’s work to study. Look at the credits of TV series you watch
Locate example episodes of all the television series/films by the auteur.
Examine recurring features and recurring thematic motives
Identify expression of the emotions, experiences and worldview of an artist
Which are these director are not necessarily known as an auteurism director
The three stages of critical analysis are
Aha! Reaction: 3-stage communication activity that begins with a personal critical reaction or a critical question.
Responses– other readers give feedbacks.
Communicating critical insight: This leads to the sharing of critical insights e.g. By writing an essay
Recurring use of lavish, glamorous sets that emphasize wealth & class
Critical methods or concepts to explain or interpret television/film text
Formulate critical questions
Find existing critical approach or formulate new one using theoretical/analytical concepts
Use these analytical tools to deconstruct particular television/film texts.
Select the text you are going to analyse, the critical question & the tools to help analyse that question.
Criticism is a process of communicating our ______ and ______ of the meanings of television/film texts with others.
thoughts, interpretations
emotions, feelings
thoughts, assumptions
interpretations, arguments
Most critical analyses are between _____ pages
10-20 pages
20-30 pages
15-25 pages
25-35 pages
Critic must support the interpretive proposition (thesis) or answer the critical question by elaborating on the ideas/arguments and provide evidences
Proof
Length
Timeliness
Concept
The ambiguous status of the text except
Stability-Instability
Production-Reception
Multiple Codes
Semiotic
What is text?
Weaved composition with a beginning, a middle and an end
Arbitrary composition with a beginning, a middle and an end
Written composition with a beginning, a middle and an end
Ambiguous composition with a beginning, a middle and an end
Barthes posits, text is both _____ because it always is in process, always being remade by somebody for some purpose.
stable, instable
secure, insecure
clear, unclear
lack, full
What are the other two elements that would improved Ferdinand de Saussure's diagram of signs
denotation
connotation
figurative
explanation
Text is ambiguous because its meaning depends on who’s _____, the constructing of meanings.
making
weaving
answering
contemplating
Written script, action framed in a set, speeches of an actor, aural _____ like effects & music.
codes
conduct
compassion
moral
Text; is a ___of codes working in a number of levels
number
exclusion
variety
elements
