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 Section 1: Terminology
Q1: What is the media term used to describe a
representation based on simplified or
exaggerated characteristics?

Q2: What does ‘vertically integrated’ mean?

*(Bonus point if you can give an example from
the film industry)

Q3: What is the media term to describe the key

features of any media product?
 Section 1: Terminology
Q4: Fill in the missing media terms: A gun
was ________ in the scene, this could
_________ the character is violent.

Q5: What does the term, ‘hegemonic

reading’ mean?

Q6: What does CGI stand for?

 Section 2: TV Drama
Q1: Watch the clip of Skins, which of the 7
areas of representation could you
discuss? (you can answer more than one)

Q2: List 3 conventions of a TV Drama.

Q3: Wire in the Blood, Frost and Spooks all

belong to which sub-genre of TV Drama?
 Section 2: TV Drama
Q4: In which British regions are the following set?
a) Shameless
b) Monarch of the Glen
c) Doc Martin

Q5: What is the difference between social class

and social status?

Q6: List 3 icons associated with a TV Medical

Drama.
 Section 3: Film Industry
Q1: Put the paragraphs in order to make a
complete Section B answer (plastic wallet)
*(Bonus point if you guess the correct mark
awarded out of 50)

Q2: What are the four stages of the film industry

product chain, in order!

Q3: Who is responsible for getting the film script to

screen?
 Section 3: Film Industry
Q4: What year was Film Four founded?
a) 1990
b) 1993
c) 1998

Q5: Which company owns 20th Century Fox?

*(Bonus point for the name of the founder of
the company that own 20C Fox)

Q6: What are the 3 roles of the Distributor in the

film industry?
 Section 4: Audiences
Q1: Who are the core cinema-going audience?

Q2: What type of audience do Film Four films tend

to target?

Q3: What are the 4 uses and gratifications of

media texts, according to Blumler and Katz?
*(Bonus point for a brief description of each one)
 Section 5: Assessment
Q1: How many marks can you get for Section A +
Section B of the exam?

Q2: What media industry is your focus for Section

B?

Q3: What are the areas you are assessed on for

the exam?
a) Analysis and terminology
b) Analysis and use of examples
c) Analysis, use of examples and terminology