Eduqas GCSE Media Studies media language overview quiz quiz

Print, film, radio and online codes

Genre, narrative, audience and industry codes

Technical, visual, audio and written codes

Colour, sound, font and shape codes

A masthead on a magazine cover

A character's costume

A brand slogan

A low-angle camera shot

Only the camera angle chosen by the person filming the shot

Only the music and sound effects added to the soundtrack

Setting, costume, props, lighting and body language in the frame

Only the editing pace, which is simply how quickly the shots are cut together

The associated, suggested meaning a sign carries beyond its surface

The genre of a media product, such as a crime drama or a sitcom

The target audience that a media product is mainly aimed at reaching

The literal, surface meaning of a sign (what it actually is)

What a sign literally shows on its surface, with nothing added

A particular type of camera shot used to film a scene, such as a close-up

The associated meaning a sign suggests, beyond its literal sense

The price that a media product is sold to its audience for

The state of calm order at the very start of a story before anything happens

The end credits that roll once a story has finished completely

A type of character role, such as the hero or the villain in a story

A problem or conflict that breaks the equilibrium and starts the story

Barthes

Todorov

Propp

Hall

The price the product is sold for to its audience at the point of sale

The target audience a media product is mainly designed to appeal to

The rules set by the regulator that every media product is required by law to follow

The recognisable objects, settings, costumes and imagery associated with a genre

They disappear completely and are no longer used by any producers

They never change at all and always stay exactly the same over time

Two genres combine to form a hybrid, such as a crime drama with comedy

They are banned by the regulator and can no longer be broadcast at all

To confuse audiences on purpose so that they cannot tell what kind of product they are watching at all

Because the regulator requires every product to fit into one familiar, recognised genre

To avoid making any meaning at all, since familiar genres carry no connotations

Because genre builds recognition, gives audiences the familiar to choose, and reduces commercial risk

Only the main image and nothing else on the page around it

Only the price and the barcode that are printed in the bottom corner of the cover

Layout and composition, the photograph as mise-en-scene, typography, and copy

Only the masthead, which is the title at the top of the cover

Name the feature and then just stop there at once, without explaining any meaning at all behind it

Retell the plot of the media product from the beginning right through to the end

List only the price of the product and the audience it is aimed at, and nothing more

Name the feature, explain its connotation, show how features combine, and link to the audience