Detailed Answers (Verified 2026-2027)
What is virtual reality? --- correct precise answer ---Virtual
reality - placing someone inside a virtual world, claims to be a
more realistic and intense experience.
What is Fandom? --- correct precise answer ---Fandom -
industry always had strategies for fan loyalty, for instance
films about stars (made-up stories), they made films to tell
you more about their private lives. With the new technologies
we have, fandoms have become more problematic. We have
fanzines, cosplay and on- and offline fandom. Online fandom
can be critical of TV-shows, people can create their own
endings of their favourite TV-shows. Producers want the
fandom to be affirmational, instead of critical.
What is participatory art? --- correct precise answer ---
Participatory art - the gallery or museum visitor co-produces
the artwork. Without this participation, there is no art.
Participatory art wants to make the visitor think about his/her
qualities of engagement, about the consequences of
participating.
What is a digital recording --- correct precise answer ---
Digital Recording:
,Signals are converted into discrete numbers (datasets); this
digital information will be reconverted into analog
information on playback. (conversion to digital involved)
What is an analog recording --- correct precise answer ---
Analog Recording:
A continuous signal is recorded on a support medium, e.g. as
shades on a photograph or texture on a vinyl record. (no
conversion involved, signal stays analog)
Which practices are linked to pre-production (3 practices) ---
correct precise answer ---- Writing practices (writing the
story/script)
- 3D virtual set design (Greenscreens)
- Pre-visualizations (Gives the actor a sense of how it's going
to look so they can immerse themselves better)
What is a digital intermediate when we talk about film post-
production? --- correct precise answer ---Digital
intermediates (between analog shooting and analog copy sent
to cinemas) for editing, color manipulation, sound
editing/mixing
What is CGI --- correct precise answer ---Computer-generated
imagery
, Which 6 factors make up the importance of distribution? ---
correct precise answer ---1. Distribution is about the
transmission of values, competencies and ideologies.
2. Distribution is the ground upon which reception occurs.
(where and when)
3. Distribution inscribes cultural difference. It fragments
audiences along lines of gender, age, sexual orientation,
ethnicity and class. (what kind of films do we get to see, e.g.
groups can feel left out if the content is too narrow and
similar)
4. Distribution frames the way texts are experienced and
understood by audiences. (Difference between e.g. Pathé &
The Eye and more Arthouse cinemas)
5. Distribution shapes film culture in its own image. (Profit
oriented? Or film culture that is about free access, viewer
oriented)
6. Informal Distribution is the global norm (Illegal copies,
piracy)
What are the antitrust paramount decrees? --- correct precise
answer ---(lawsuits made against Paramount because they
operated like a cartel, they control the entire market)-> End
of Vertical Integration
Theatrical distribution stayed mostly analog till 2000-2010,
why? --- correct precise answer ---Most theaters didn't have
the right equipment for playing digital copies yet. And the fear
of digital copies being informally spread and copied.