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A Level Media Studies - Music Videos

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

Name one media language element for music videos

(a)  

2.

Give the definition of Diegetic sound:

a)

Sound taken from the natural environment

b)

Artificially generated sound

c)

The soundtrack or scoring

d)

Sound from within the fictional world

e)

Sound that draws attention to itself

3.

What will the media language in a music video generally do?

(a)  

4.

Naturalism is the opposite of:

a)

Social Realism

b)

Artficialism

c)

Expressionism

d)

Postmodernism

5.

A linear narrative is:

(a)  

6.

Expressionism is media language that...

a)

Sets ideas about culture

b)

Expresses emotional states

c)

Reflects real life social conditions

d)

Draws attention to itself

7.

Define 'Postmodernism'...

(a)  

8.

Naturalism is media language that...

a)

suggests a transparent view of the world

b)

draws attention to itself

c)

is self deprecating

d)

reflects the natural context

9.

Define 'Self Effacing'

(a)  

10.

Postmodernism uses conventions in a playful and [blank] way to create something new out of [blank]

a)

ironic

b)

traditional

c)

natural

d)

media language

e)

intertextuality

11.

Name one 'Social Realist' Convention...

(a)  

12.

Music videos are, first and foremost, types of...

a)

entertainment

b)

marketing

c)

representations

d)

escapism

13.

Define 'Mise-en-scene'...

(a)  

14.

Before the internet, how was pop music consumed?

a)

through streaming services

b)

through video tapes

c)

by buying records

d)

by atteding concerts

e)

by renting music

15.

Name one use of intertextuality in music videos...

(a)  

16.

What is a 'Narrative Disruption'?

a)

an event that restores the initial equilibrium

b)

an event that disrupts the initial equilibrium

c)

an event that keeps the story linear

d)

an event that transitions the story into a new act

17.

Music videos are by definition a [blank] form...

a)

short

b)

full

c)

mid

d)

long

18.

In what decade did music videos rise in popularity?

a)

mid 70s

b)

mid 90s

c)

mid 80s

d)

mid 2000s