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WorksheetsCodes & Conventions Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
What are the three types of media codes?
Symbolic
Technical
Hidden
Written
Conventional
________________ are expected ways in which codes are organised in a product.
Written Codes
Conventions
Symbolic Codes
Technical Codes
Symbolic codes in media include...
setting
mise en scene
costume
camera work
colour
Technical codes in media include...
setting
editing
audio
camera work
lighting
Mise-en-scene includes...
set design
editing
costume
props
staging & composition
The actor portrays a character through:
facial expressions
body language
movement
body contact
When studying the use of colour in a media product the different aspects to be looking at are:
dominant colour
secondary colour
contrasting foils
colour symbolism
RGB pallets
Aspects of camerawork include
positioning
movement
framing
exposure
focus
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.
printed
foreign
verbal
spoken
Conventions are accepted ways of using media codes. Conventions are closely connected to the audience expectations of a media product.
true
false
______________________ 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.
genre conventions
form conventions
story conventions
____________________ are common narrative structures and understandings that are common in story telling media products.
genre conventions
form conventions
story conventions
14) ____________________ point to the common use of tropes, characters, settings or themes in a particular type of medium.
genre conventions
form conventions
story conventions
Genres refers to recurring, repeating and similar, familiar or instantly-recognizable patterns, styles, themes, syntax, templates, paradigms, motifs, rules or generic conventions.
true
false
