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Music Video Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of these is a narrative convention of a music video?

a)

Mise-en-scene

b)

Jump cuts

c)

Performance

d)

Props

2.

Which of these is not a mise-en-scene feature?

a)

Jump cuts

b)

Props

c)

Location

d)

Costume

3.

Which of these is the purpose of a music video? Tick all that apply.

a)

To encourage fans to buy tickets to their shows.

b)

To construct the artists' persona/image.

c)

To make money.

d)

To build a fan base.

4.

"In 'Dream', the hoodie is a signifier that is associated as a popular piece of clothing for the urban youth, who often engage in anti-social behavior."

Which theorist does this idea come from?

a)

Stuart Hall

b)

Roland Barthes

c)

Claude Levi Strauss

d)

bell hooks

5.

Beyonce makes frequent intertextual references to Hurricane (a)   .

6.

The child-centric backdrop contrasted with the contemporary representations of urban youth in Dream is a key example of...

a)

Surrealism

b)

The Male Gaze

c)

Disruption

d)

Binary Opposition

7.

Which of these definitions best describes the avant-garde.

a)

Art that pushes the potential creativity of the conscious mind and is completely original.

b)

Weird images.

c)

Unusual features in a product.

d)

Ideas that don't make sense.

8.

Tick all those that are parts of Todorov's narrative formula.

a)

Disruption

b)

New Equilibrium

c)

New story

d)

Intertwining plotlines.

9.

Which of our 3 set texts (Music Video) feature surrealist elements?

(a)  

10.

Which of our 3 set texts (Music Video) received strong criticism?

(a)  

11.

Which of these is a convention of Genre according to Steve Neale?

a)

Silly costumes

b)

Props

c)

Potatoes

d)

Repetition

12.

A signifier present within a product that doesn't seem to belong in that semantic domain could be referred to as an...

a)

unbelievable mix-up

b)

irrational juxtaposition

c)

intangible hogwash

d)

inflatable juxtapositioning

13.

Which of these is not a contextual element of Beyonce's Formation?

a)

1950s Windrush Generation

b)

Super Bowl

c)

Michael Jackson

d)

Bounce n Trap

14.

In semiotics, we have the (a)   (the denotation), and the signified (the connotation).

15.

How many marks is the EDUQAS Representation Question 1?

(a)  

16.

This theory from Gilroy refers to the concept of otherness towards those of a non-white background in the UK. Which of these is the correct theory?

a)

Identity

b)

Hyperrealism

c)

Post-colonialist

d)

Binary Opposition

17.

Which of these theorists can we use for Media Language?

a)

bell hooks

b)

Roland Barthes

c)

Stuart Hall

d)

David Gauntlett

18.

Which of these theorists can we use when discussing Media Representation?

a)

Van Zoonen

b)

Stuart Hall

c)

Claude Levi-Strauss

d)

David Gauntlett

19.

The visual element within a product that lets us know what it is about or which company it represents is known as...

a)

The viewpoint

b)

The anchorage

c)

The signifier

d)

The key signifier

20.

Which of these is not a denotation from one of our set texts?

a)

A woman smiling whilst doing laundry.

b)

A puppet being assaulted by a police officer.

c)

A woman crying whilst she is singing.

d)

A fox hunt chasing a black youth through the streets.