Midterm

Question 1

Communication process

Answer 1

sender, information, medium, reciever, feedback

Question 2

Communicating with those around us

limited audience

Answer 2

interpersonal communication

Question 3

Communicating with an extensive
audience via mass media
(tv/newspaper/radio/internet)

Answer 3

mass communication

Question 4

Anything that interferes with the
communication between sender and
receiver

Answer 4

noise

Question 5

example of noise

Answer 5

radio static

Question 6

a symbol regonized by a big group of people

Answer 6

High-correspondence symbol

Question 7

a symbol regonized by a small group of people

Answer 7

Low-correspondence symbol

Question 8

example of high correspondence symbol

Answer 8

The McDonalds logo

Question 9

example of low-correspondence symbol

Answer 9

the EHS hornet

Question 10

a symbol having to do with something, whether it be a brand or school i.e. a symbol

Answer 10

referant

Question 11

example of a referant

Answer 11

Parkland Trojan

Question 12

Strategy of licensing that effectively
prevented “dangerous” ideas from
being printed

Answer 12

prior restraint

Question 13

Invented by Johann Gutenberg, it was a workable press that used movable type
European innovation (no one knew of earlier Asian inventions)

Answer 13

Gutenberg Printing Press

Question 14

Effect of the Printing press

Answer 14

Led to new ideas to be spread, helping the protestant ref.

Question 15

impact of prior restraint

Answer 15

Led to prior restraint being ruled unconstitutional in a 1931 American courtcase “Near vs. Minnesota

Question 16

Editors invented incidents and
headlines to go with them
Facts played relatively small role –
excessive sensationalism

Answer 16

Yellow Journalism

Question 17

impact of yellow journalism

Answer 17

Newspapers became big buisnesses

Question 18

Crusading journalists who focused
their attention on major problems
caused by rapid industrialization and
urbanization
Investigated businesses
Exposed political and social ills

Answer 18

Muckrakers

Question 19

Impact of Muckrakers

Answer 19

Many buisnesses/corporations were exposed

Question 20

Effects of the golden age of magizines

Answer 20

Transcontinental RR opened channels of
distribution

1879 Postal Act classified magazines
within 2nd class, cheaper distribution rate

Pulp paper made from cheaper wood

Improvements in printing presses

Invention of linotype (automatic
typesetting) machine

Photographic reproduction techniques

Question 21

When did the golden age of newspapers take place

Answer 21

1865-1900

Question 22

News that has a large impact

Answer 22

Hard news

Question 23

example of hard news

Answer 23

a missile is about to hit to U.S.

Question 24

News that does not have a large impact

Answer 24

soft news

Question 25

example of soft news

Answer 25

sports

Question 26

qualities of newsworthiness

Answer 26

timeliness, prominence, proximity, pertinence

Question 27

a shot that includes all of the setting with the subject in it

Answer 27

master shot

Question 28

ex. of mastershot

Answer 28

a family dinner

Question 29

a camera angle shot from a medium distance. Usally shows the waist up of a subject

Answer 29

medium shot

Question 30

example of medium shot

Answer 30

when two people are having a conversation and the camera cuts to one person talking.

Question 31

a certain feature or part of the subject takes up most of the frame.

Answer 31

close up shot

Question 32

example of close up

Answer 32

somebody's face takes up most of the screen like in the shining

Question 33

a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up."[1]

Answer 33

high angle shot

Question 34

example of a high angle shot

Answer 34

if a meteor is coming to earth and we see the faces of people looking up from where the meteor is

Question 35

a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up.

Answer 35

low angle shot

Question 36

a shot that is filmed over a subjects shoulder

Answer 36

over-the-shoulder shot

Question 37

example of an over the shoulder shot

Answer 37

a person is walking into a one on one meeting in an office. This tequnique is used sometimes in the office tv show

Question 38

a short film scene that shows what a character is looking at.

Answer 38

point-of-view shot

Question 39

ex. of POV shot

Answer 39

The movie Hardcore Henry was shot in one POV shot as well as an episode of Its Always Sunny

Question 40

swiveling a still or video camera horizontally from a fixed position.

Answer 40

pan

Question 41

example of pan

Answer 41

Showing a landscape

Question 42

any shot where the camera moves alongside the object(s) it is recording

Answer 42

track/tuck shot

Question 43

example of track / truck shot

Answer 43

used a lot in car chase scenes

Question 44

filmmaking and television production refers to the technique of changing the focal length of lens (and hence the angle of view) during a shot

Answer 44

zoom

Question 45

example of zoom

Answer 45

used in the tv show The Office to show a characters reaction

Question 46

3 stages of a film

Answer 46

Pre-Production Production Post Production

Question 47

What happens in Pre-Production

Answer 47

1.Development: buying the rights 2. Script writing: turn into workable text; sell or keep project 3. Hire key personnel: director, business manager, key talent, designers/tech people 4. Organization: coordinate use of locations & logistics 5. Script development: storyboarding/revising dialogue

Question 48

What happens in production

Answer 48

Crew and talent arrive on set each day ready to shoot Dailies: director/team review footage that was shot each day

Question 49

What happens in post production

Answer 49

Editing: order of shots & transitions; what is included – telling the story Adding sound

Question 50

Examples of adding sound

Answer 50

Looping, Score, Sound FX

Question 51

re-recording sound over video

Answer 51

looping

Question 52

the films music

Answer 52

score

Question 53

records the films sound FX

Answer 53

Foley artist

Question 54

arranged for film critics & industry execs | before film’s release

Answer 54

previews

Question 55

pre-release screenings

Answer 55

test screenings

Question 56

asked for reactions before film’s | release so last-minute changes can be made

Answer 56

test audiences

Question 57

What magizine giants came from the Golden Age of magizines

Answer 57

“Harper’s” “Scribner’s Monthly” “The Century”