Design and Production Review

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Design and Production Review Quiz

Test your knowledge on the intricate world of media design and production with our comprehensive quiz. This quiz features 51 thought-provoking questions that cover a range of topics including storytelling, audience engagement, and the evolution of media technology.

Challenge yourself and see how well you understand key concepts:

Media theory and its applications
Character development in storytelling
The impact of technology on audience behavior
Research methods in media

51 Questions13 MinutesCreated by CreativeMind42

In the reading from the book Sapiens, the author suggests that:

Neanderthals had smaller brains and were less smart

Homo Sapiens had better eyes and ears than its competitors

Homo Sapiens was taller and stronger than Neanderthals

None of these answers.

Homo Sapiens developed the capacity to tell complex stories

According to the reading Human Errors: A Species of Suckers

We can know that a television program is “made up” but still perceive it as “real.”

We probably believe a good story told by one person we trust instead of “data” which says the opposite.

All of these answers

Our audio-visual abilities are actually slower than many other species

Our brains “stitch together” still images that appear to us as motion

A Television or smart phone screen might “win” over real life because:

People just really like TV

None of these answers

The “framing” of the image makes it seem more important than everything else

People get bored very easily

The moving images are very distracting

A good example of the power of a screen to hold our attention can be found in:

The prevalence of “home theatres” in basements across the country

Pretty much any movie theatre

The cost of iPhones

Facebook

The Dallas Cowboys football stadium

The device that started to make us feel like we were completely in control of our media “life” was:

The creation of television took a hiatus in the 1940s because of:

All of these answers

Fighting World War II required all of the materials and craftspeople

The bubonic plague

No one wanted it

Inventors were accused of “devil worship”

One irony of “egocasting” is that:

Most people use voice commands these days.

Once we start to watch or listen to media, the media controls us

People tend to watch just about anything

A lot of the stuff we like actually sucks

People hardly use any of the buttons on a remote control

Human beings sought out improvements in technology in order to:

In order for an audio/visual story to have its desired effect, it must:

Duplicate reality

Be enjoyable to the audience

Use symbols and scenarios the audience recognizes

None of these answers

Take into account the likes and dislikes of individuals

The two truths of media are:

What the advertiser is trying sell versus what you want to buy

What people like and what people don’t like

What images do to the brain and what audio does to the brain

None of these answers

What the media creator is trying to do to you versus what you want done to you

Ken Burns used the letter from Sullivan Ballou to his wife in his series, The Civil War, to illustrate:

How the North was different from the South

How people started using letters to communicate in the 1860s

How troop movement often separated families

How individual people were affected by the war

How some men in the Civil War lied about their activities

In the video featuring the television and the monster that arises from it:

Even though “children” appear in it, it probably couldn’t be decoded by actual children

The children characters provide comic relief

The bright colors might be confusing to most audiences

All of these answers

The message seems to be about how boring most TV is

The video Praise You (the dancing outside the movie theatre), demonstrates:

None of these answers

The filmmaker probably didn’t need permission to film

The first amendment means you can shoot anywhere

The dancers probably didn’t know they were being filmed

Even if media looks real, the fact that it is shot and edited means it is not

The human brain has evolved to:

All of these answers

Wait to make a decision until maximum information is gathered

Ignore irrelevant information like smart phone screens or televisions

Make quick decisions based on partial information

Distinguish between reality and movies

The human brain processes visual information:

Carefully, by comparing a variety of visual choices it remembers

In ways that researchers have yet to discover

Virtually instantly, based on what it expects to see

Somewhat slowly, because it’s safer to “get it right”

None of these answers

The ad about Apple Macintosh Computers relies on:

A famous quotation from literature

The viewer’s knowledge of the Michelangelo painting of God and Adam

The viewer’s knowledge of the story of Adam and Eve

Bright colors and graphics

Whether or not a person already owns a Macintosh Computer

Confirmation bias, as discussed in lecture:

Is usually only present in conservative television

None of these answers.

Is a form of egocasting

Means that we tend to believe information that conforms to what we already believe is true

Is a result of too much use of social media, smartphones and other devices

Which of the following is a crucial recommendation when presenting research to an audience of non-researchers?

Translating data into concrete implications for production

Sticking to what production teams need to know

Avoiding jargon and statistics

Keeping it short

All of these answers

What type of research is done for programs like “Sesame Street” or “Blue’s Clues”?

�Stickiness” as described in Gladwell’s article from The Tipping Point, means…

That the center of the screen is always more attractive than the rest of the screen

That in order for information to be persuasive it needs to be aggressively presented

That how information is presented is as important as what information is presented

That kids will watch almost anything as long as it is funny or violent.

None of these answers

A writer might include a character in a film in order to:

Tell the audience something one of the characters does not know yet

Give another character a reason to do something

All of these answers

Make a scene look more “realistic”

Reveal important information about a situation

A Sesame Street segment about numbers was shown in class. What was the “number of the day” and what technique was used to maximize the impact of the content?

The number was “13” and the concept was “eye tracking”

The number of the day was “5” and the concept was “colorful display”

None of these answers

There wasn’t a number of the day and the concept was “repetition"

The number was “9” and the concept was “retention”

A primary difference between basic and formative research is that:

Basic focuses on people; formative focuses on a program and influences its creation

Basic focuses on a cross-section of viewers; formative examines specific people

Basic focuses on being “practical” while formative focuses on being “pertinent”

Basic focuses on primary demographics (age, gender and race/ethnicity), while formative considers secondary demographics (income, education, and religion)

Basic focuses on bringing the audience to the advertiser; formative reveals ambiguities

The creator of “Blues Clues” made episodes “sticky” by:

Only discussing concepts that young children would immediately understand

None of these answers

Reinforcing concepts through words on the screen

Repeating episodes to build confidence in children viewers

Using bright colors and lots of action

The concept of the “Lizard Brain” helps us understand:

All of these answers

Why television can’t be used to teach mathematical concepts

Why children cannot learn if they are too confused

Why people are drawn to television programs and films about animals

Why bright colors are so attractive

Characters reveal information through:

None of these answers

Facial expressions, attitudes, point-of-view, and location

Conversation, actions, internal monologues, and reactions

Debates, scenes, plot and conflict

Clothing, scenery, camera angles, and scripts

A writer might include a character in a film in order to:

Give another character a reason to do something.

Reveal important information about a situation.

All of these answers.

Tell the audience something one of the characters does not know yet.

Make a scene look more “realistic.”

Which of the following does NOT accurately finish this sentence: “The concept of “premise,” as used in this class,:?

�is a sentence made of three parts: dramatic issue, movement, and fulfillment.”

�usually contains the word “is” or “should.”

�is a proposition which an argument is based on or from which a conclusion is drawn.”

�is the building block of any successful story.”

…suggests a theme.”

In the “Goldfish” PBS video, how do we know that the fish is in jeopardy?:

The narrator tells us.

The conflagration of the plot.

The fish is motivated.

The story has an exposition.

The fish faces risks in order to fulfill her mission.

The best definition of premise is…:

The plot of a television program

A statement of a universal human condition revealed by the story

A synopsis of the story of a television program

Only important in dramatic programs

None of these answers

The four points-of-view are…?

Audience, character, director, writer

Actor, show-runner, camera, editor

Camera, director, audience, editor

Writer, television, character, director

Character, writer, audience, camera

Which of the following is a good example of a premise?

None of these answers

A conservative father battles a liberal son

Mindless pursuit of wealth destroys happiness

What if the Captain of the Enterprise were a monkey?

Don’t pee into the wind

Moving the camera around might…:

Provide insight into the writer’s point of view

Explain what one character knows versus another character

All of these answers

Allow the audience to participate as a character

Alter the audience’s point of view

When writing a “logline” one must be careful not to:

Talk about supporting characters

Give away the ending of the show or film

None of these answers.

Deviate from standard formats like typeface and coversheets

Be too brief

Man against himself is an example of:

Mediated stories frequently use:

�Falling Action” is:

Part of the second and third act, but not usually the first act

A way to allow the audience to “catch its breath”

Inevitable for the antagonist

Part of a comic premise

Rarely used in three act scripts

�Rising” action…:

Is basically part of expository scenes

Involves repetition and interaction

All of these answers

Is a direct result of conflict

Is usually only found in the third act of a three-act structure story

The three basic kinds of conflict are:

Unresolved, resolved, future

Interdisciplinary, incendiary, irrefutable

None of these answers

Interpersonal, intra-personal, global

Intergalactic, international, intertribal

According to lecture, media is different than reality in the same way that:

TV is different from You Tube

A Garden is different from a Forest

Facebook is different from MySpace

Oil is different from water

Soccer is different from Football

Color, when combined with certain shapes might…:

Mise-en-scene, roughtly translated, means to:

Let the audience know the scene is over

Employ modernist graphic design

Make a scene “messy” to indicate a type of character trait

Put information in the scene rather than in the dialogue

To combine shots for a thematic effect or to indicate the passage of time

Post-modern directors are often criticized because…:

Their decisions seem to direct attention to themselves

No one can understand their work

Their films are based on other films

Their choices are somewhat old-fashioned

None of these answers

The principal of “resonance” means that:

We need to be careful when using symbols in graphic design

We need to be careful when combining different sounds with each other

None of these answers

the meanings of symbols don't change

Some forms of light don’t mix well on camera

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