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Codes & Conventions Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three types of media codes?

a)

Symbolic

b)

Technical

c)

Hidden

d)

Written

e)

Conventional

2.

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

a)

Written Codes

b)

Conventions

c)

Symbolic Codes

d)

Technical Codes

3.

Symbolic codes in media include...

a)

setting

b)

mise en scene

c)

costume

d)

camera work

e)

colour

4.

Technical codes in media include...

a)

setting

b)

editing

c)

audio

d)

camera work

e)

lighting

5.

Mise-en-scene includes...

a)

set design

b)

editing

c)

costume

d)

props

e)

staging & composition

6.

The actor portrays a character through:

a)

facial expressions

b)

body language

c)

movement

d)

body contact

7.

When studying the use of colour in a media product the different aspects to be looking at are:

a)

dominant colour

b)

secondary colour

c)

contrasting foils

d)

colour symbolism

e)

RGB pallets

8.

Aspects of camerawork include

a)

positioning

b)

movement

c)

framing

d)

exposure

e)

focus

9.

Written codes include ______________ language which is text you can see within the frame and how it is presented, and also ____________language, which includes dialogue and song lyrics.

a)

printed

b)

foreign

c)

verbal

d)

spoken

10.

Conventions are accepted ways of using media codes. Conventions are closely connected to the audience expectations of a media product.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

______________________ are the certain ways we expect types of media’s codes to be arranged. For instance an audience expects to have a title of the film at the beginning, and then credits at the end.

a)

genre conventions

b)

form conventions

c)

story conventions

12.

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

a)

genre conventions

b)

form conventions

c)

story conventions

13.

14) ____________________ point to the common use of tropes, characters, settings or themes in a particular type of medium.

a)

genre conventions

b)

form conventions

c)

story conventions

14.

Genres refers to recurring, repeating and similar, familiar or instantly-recognizable patterns, styles, themes, syntax, templates, paradigms, motifs, rules or generic conventions.

a)

true

b)

false