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 Quick quiz

Do you know your

codes?
1) Setting is an example of a symbolic code? True False

2) Lighting is an example of: (a) Symbolic code (b) written code (c) technical code (d)
audio code

3) Emotive language, titles, credits etc. are examples of:

(a) Symbolic code (b) written code (c) technical code (d) audio code

4) Body language is an example of: (a) Symbolic code (b) written code (c) technical code
(d) audio code

5) Camera shots, angles and movements are examples of:

(a) Symbolic code (b) written code (c) technical code (d) audio code
6) Voice over and sound effects are examples of what codes? ______________________

7) Colour is an example of a symbolic code? True False

8) Group of consumers for whom media text was constructed as well as anyone else who is
exposed to the text: (a) Audience (b) Target Audience (c) Producers (d)
Stakeholders

9) Group of readers, viewers or listeners to whom a media text is specifically addressed

because of a set of characteristics that they share, such as age, gender, profession, class and
interests:
(a) Audience (b) Target Audience (c) Producers (d) Stakeholders

10) Codes are: (a) how a film is made (b) elements that an audience expects to see in a film

11) Conventions are: (a) how a film is made (b) elements that an audience expects to see in a
film
 
12) The things an audience expects from a genre are:
(a) codes (b) conventions
 
13) The way a media text is made:
(a) codes (b) conventions
 Quick quiz

Answers
1) Setting is an example of a symbolic code? True False

2) Lighting is an example of: (a) Symbolic code (b) written code (c) technical code (d)
audio code

3) Emotive language, titles, credits etc. are examples of:

(a) Symbolic code (b) written code (c) technical code (d) audio code

4) Body language is an example of: (a) Symbolic code (b) written code (c) technical code
(d) audio code

5) Camera shots, angles and movements are examples of:

(a) Symbolic code (b) written code (c) technical code (d) audio code
 Audio
6) Voice over and sound effects are examples of what codes? _________

7) Colour is an example of a symbolic code? True False

8) Group of consumers for whom media text was constructed as well as anyone else who is
exposed to the text: (a) Audience (b) Target Audience (c) Producers (d)
Stakeholders

9) Group of readers, viewers or listeners to whom a media text is specifically addressed

because of a set of characteristics that they share, such as age, gender, profession, class and
interests:
(a) Audience (b) Target Audience (c) Producers (d) Stakeholders

10) Codes are: (a) how a film is made (b) elements that an audience expects to see in a film

11) Conventions are: (a) how a film is made (b) elements that an audience expects to see in a
film
 
12) The things an audience expects from a genre are:
(a) codes (b) conventions
 
13) The way a media text is made:
(a) codes (b) conventions