CO5 exam

1. aria's in traditional opera's do not propel the story forward
2. recitatives in traditional opera's do not propel the story forward.

in his lecture on reality TV, Maarten van busse referred to Reesinks idea that the genre has developed along the lines of four generations. Which are these four generations in their correct order?

McMillen argues that traditional musical opposes Richard Wagners idea of a Gesamtkunstwerk which of the blow statements does McMillin bring forward in his paper to illustrate this

what is according to Addy Weijers in his lecture on television drama the reason the ratings of Ellen dropped after her coming out in the show

which is the distinguishing factor of a transmedia story (as opposed to a crossmedia story)?

Which of the statements below explains why Henri Jenkins says that Transmedia storytelling reflects the economics of media consolidation?

there is an important distinction between narrative and paradigmatic thought in advertising. what is this distinction?

in his lecture on interactive narrative, Oliver Davies explained why real time narrative doesn't exist in games. Which argument did he bring forward.
in games real time narrative...

wich of the answers below refers to making references to places or things which are only mentioned once in a trandmedia story?

1. there is no relationship between content and daily ratings of reality talk shows.
2. a talk show topic will engage a broad audience when it is about relationship or conflict

According to Alltrath, Gymich and Surkamp in their book Narrative strategies in television series, television drama increasinly uses elements of what refer as metafictionally. what is metafictionally?

in his book, Killborn categorizes Big Brother as a

Following the differences between Tvseries and Tv serials as explained by Addy Weijers in his lecture, what can be said about television programs like Big Brother and Love Letters, which are in themselves not drama but are obviously dramatic television programs

in his lecture on interactive narrative, Oliver Davies gave some specifics of video game writing. Which of the following features did he NOT mention?

Who was Jorge Luis Borges?

according to their website, the Dutch television production company Talpa..

when comparing narrative film and narrative games, we run into many differences one of the differences coes from experiencing emotions from film and from games. which of the statements belows about the experience of emotions in film and games is true?

the work and success of dutch violinst Andre Rieu is heavliy based upon

1. both talk shows and reality shows have an anchorman like host who intermediates between the contestants, the external guests and the audience.
2. both talk shows and reality shows have a confessional box an area where contestants and external guests can be as open and honest as they want to be.
3. both talk shows and reality shows have been criticized for becoming too sensationalistic in their effort to gain the audience's attention

which of these propositions is recognized by Killborn

1. Viennese operetta was all about escapism
2. Opera Comique was all about social awareness

are these statements true of false?

according to Henri Jenkins, each transmedia extension..

which of the concepts below is NOT a transmedia concept according to Oscar an Henri?

which of the features below is NOT a metaphorical key or door progressing a game narrative?

when do we consider an advertisement as postmodern

according to Allrath, Gymnich and Surkamp in their book Narrative strategies in television series, television series are by definition ongoing narrative, which leads to a number of formal characteristics. which of the following features is NOT mentioned as one of the formal charactersitics the article claims at.

Which of the aspects of reality tv has NOT been picked up by media critics, according to Killborn

Killborn recognises a refreshing different reality format in big brother and in reality formats ever since the earily nineties. he gives several arguments for the remarkable success these recent reality shows have. Which of the following arguments does he NOT give?

1. the simpsons is an example of a series
2. a serial is charactised by the recycling of characters and settings
3. the episodes of a series can be shown in any order, regardless the content

which of these propositions is/are true?

One of the characteristis of a sitcom is that t's narrative is cyclical. What does the cyclical narrative of a sitcom mean?

According to McMillin, the narrative process in a musical in is influenced by two orders of time. Which orders of time does he explain?

1. in a television soaps the use of time parallels actual time
2. in a good sitcom each character has the intention to be funny

to which of Maarten Reesinks generations of reality tv does the television show love letters belong?

which of the arguments below explains why feature films essentialy are NOT fit to be broadcasted on television?

which of the answers below is the explanation of the term narrative thought?

in his book the musical drama McMillin agrues that Bertold Brecht saw great potentiial for musical theatre as a politcal artform. Why?

in his book Staging the real, Killborn claims that in the beginning the new reality formats on television were not received as popular right away. Which of the arguments stated below is NOT mentioned by Killborn as a reason for the audience initial critical attitude towards reality tv?

the term viral video is quite popular and often used, yet appears to be somewhat paradoxical. which paradox does the term viral video hold?
we understand..

the diagram of musical (S3--> S2--> S/R1-->S/R1-->R2-->R3)

which position in the diagram is taken by the audience while watching a show?

1927 was a crucial year in the development of musical Why?

Many musicals treat the making of a musical. the famous musical Singin in the rain is such a musical show. what is the general ter for these kinds of musicals

when producing a news item, the journalist most idealy uses the so called inverted pyramid to structure his text. what does the pyramid of a journalistic item mean?

Consider the diagram on basic theatrical communication. How would you define theoretically what happened in the scene from the musical Phantom of te Opera. from which the filmic version was shown in lecture 1?

according to fishman, in reality based crime television there are progressive myths and poulist myths. which of the below is typical for progressive myths?

In his lecture Maarten van Bussel explained that most reality formats in some way lead to advantages for broadcasters. Which of the advantages below was NOT mentioned?

according to the article of Killborn, which type of motives primarily lead to creation of reality tv?

in her paper Advertising Narratives Jennifer Escales defines the start of the narrative structure as the initating moment. she then proposes this moment can impact on one or more of the following narrative elements:

In his lecture on interactive narrative, Oliver Davies argued that when producing a game consistency one of the major problems producers face. How did he explain this problem?