T1 - Media Industry -
Sectors and Products
T2 - Job Roles in the media industry
T3 - Purpose, style, content and layout
T4 - Legal Issues
T5 - Film Ratings, Media Codes and File Formats
100

Film, TV, Radio and Print publishing are examples of this media industry. Every media sector before computers.

What is traditional media?

100

Which stage/phase of production would the script writer be involved?

Pre-production

100

Name a purpose of a media product?

A purpose can be to:

advertise, promote, entertain, educate, inform and influence.

100

Making a false verbal statement of defamation against a person or business which may damage their reputation.

What is slander?

100
These are file formats for specifically images. List 4.

JPG

PNG

GIF

BMP

TIFF

RAW

200

What are the three stages involved in film production?

Pre-production

Production

Post-production

200
An Animator, which is a creative role, would be involved in all stages of production. Is this statement true or false?

True.

At pre-production stage - hand-drawn storyboards will be created by the animator.

production - they turn this into digital or stop motion animation

post-production - they may add animation or edit animation on another product or once an animation is created.

200

This element of a product helps achieve a specific purpose and adds meaning.

Colour, Design Style, visual and audio style, positioning of elements.

200

This is the type of permission, you would need in order to have actors and actresses as part of a photoshoot or film.

What is model release forms?

200
Give an example of a PEGI rating? What does PEGI stand for?

The age ratings for games are 3, 7, 12, 16 and 18. 

Pan European Game Information

300

Magazines, posters and flyers are all part of this industry.

What is Print Publishing?

300

Can you name a technical role?

Camera operator

Sound editor

Audio technician

Video editor

Games and web developer/programmer

300

A Blu-ray DVD case has the title of the film, maybe photos of actors and scenes, a description and key actors and crew and technical information.

What is the conventions of a blu-ray (genre)?

300

• Fairly and lawfully

• Accurately and securely

• Only for as long as it is needed

• Only store the minimum amount of data needed.

The above are the least that you need to know for this act.

What is data protection act 1998?

What is GDPR 2018?

300

What does BBFC stand for?

British Board of Film Classification

400

Name a media product that is used in computer games?

This can be any from the following list:

- video

- audio

- music

- animation

- visual effects (VFX)

400

At what stage of the three stages of production does the Camera Operator be involved?

Production

400

Name the two colour modes that you would have used for media products? Double points for specifying the type of media industry. 

CMYK - print

RGB - web/digital

400

A statement of defamation in the
media. Newspapers and news broadcasts
need to be very careful to not make
false statements

What is libel?

400

What does ASA stand for?

Advertising Standards Authority

500

Video streaming, podcasts, social media platforms and websites are a part of this media industry.

What is new media and more specifically, the Internet?

500

At what stage of production does the senior roles in the media industry be involved in? Can you also name an example of a senior role?

Mainly Post-production but a director would be involved in all.

Other examples: Editor (digital and print publishing), production manager (coordinating between departments), creative director (lead the strategy and look of a design project)

500

“THEY’RE GR-R-REAT!” is used to convey enthusiasm and appeal.

What is a slogan?

500

This is a name given to us, people, under the acts that have been created. 

What is data subjects?

500

What are the three types of media codes?

Technical codes (camera, lighting, sound, SFX/VFX, editing)

Symbolic codes (acting, colour, props, mise-en-scene ('setting on the stage’.))

Written Codes (typography, graphics, text)

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