MSP 0821 Final Exam Questions with
complete solution 2025/2026
Preproduction - correct answer ✔the phase of filmmaking that prepares for production on the basis of
a screenplay, design, and financing
Composition - correct answer ✔Making balanced shots
Examples of composition - correct answer ✔Rule of Thirds
Leveled Horizon
Looking room/Lead room
Rule of Thirds - correct answer ✔Dividing the rectangular frame into thirds
Leveled horizon - correct answer ✔Leveled screen looks more natural/less uncomfortable
Looking room - correct answer ✔the amount of space between the subject and the edge of the screen
they are facing. You should have more room in front of the subject than behind.
Lead room - correct answer ✔The amount of space between the direction the subject is moving and
the edge of the screen he is moving towards. A quality shot will have an adequate amount of space to
show the subject is not moving into the side of the screen.
Three common mistakes of framing - correct answer ✔1. Too much room above head
2. Too little room above head (exception: full close-up)
3. Cutting off at limbs
, Three-point lighting - correct answer ✔key light, fill light, back light
Production - correct answer ✔The creation of mass media content for
distribution through one or more mass media outlets
Above-the-line - correct answer ✔Creative personnel
Producers, writers, directors, actors
Usually work on negotiable salaries that are much higher than their union's minimum wage
Below-the-line - correct answer ✔Technical personnel
Camera, audio, character generator, floor manager
Usually paid a fixed salary or set wage based on their union's contract
Distribution companies - correct answer ✔Wholesalers: they buy the rights to distribute TV shows from
production companies/studios and then sell the rights to exhibition companies for a set period of time
Exhibition - correct answer ✔the activity of presenting mass media materials to audiences for viewing
or purchase
One Source Multi Use (OSMU) - correct answer ✔When media commodity is created, this commodity
can be consumed in many forms by audiences (e.g., Harry Potter, Avengers.. etc.)
The Big Six - correct answer ✔The six companies that dominate the news and entertainment in the US:
Comcast, Disney, Time Warner, CBS, Viacom, and News Corp.
Media Consolidation - correct answer ✔a process by which fewer and fewer owners control the
majority of media outlets
complete solution 2025/2026
Preproduction - correct answer ✔the phase of filmmaking that prepares for production on the basis of
a screenplay, design, and financing
Composition - correct answer ✔Making balanced shots
Examples of composition - correct answer ✔Rule of Thirds
Leveled Horizon
Looking room/Lead room
Rule of Thirds - correct answer ✔Dividing the rectangular frame into thirds
Leveled horizon - correct answer ✔Leveled screen looks more natural/less uncomfortable
Looking room - correct answer ✔the amount of space between the subject and the edge of the screen
they are facing. You should have more room in front of the subject than behind.
Lead room - correct answer ✔The amount of space between the direction the subject is moving and
the edge of the screen he is moving towards. A quality shot will have an adequate amount of space to
show the subject is not moving into the side of the screen.
Three common mistakes of framing - correct answer ✔1. Too much room above head
2. Too little room above head (exception: full close-up)
3. Cutting off at limbs
, Three-point lighting - correct answer ✔key light, fill light, back light
Production - correct answer ✔The creation of mass media content for
distribution through one or more mass media outlets
Above-the-line - correct answer ✔Creative personnel
Producers, writers, directors, actors
Usually work on negotiable salaries that are much higher than their union's minimum wage
Below-the-line - correct answer ✔Technical personnel
Camera, audio, character generator, floor manager
Usually paid a fixed salary or set wage based on their union's contract
Distribution companies - correct answer ✔Wholesalers: they buy the rights to distribute TV shows from
production companies/studios and then sell the rights to exhibition companies for a set period of time
Exhibition - correct answer ✔the activity of presenting mass media materials to audiences for viewing
or purchase
One Source Multi Use (OSMU) - correct answer ✔When media commodity is created, this commodity
can be consumed in many forms by audiences (e.g., Harry Potter, Avengers.. etc.)
The Big Six - correct answer ✔The six companies that dominate the news and entertainment in the US:
Comcast, Disney, Time Warner, CBS, Viacom, and News Corp.
Media Consolidation - correct answer ✔a process by which fewer and fewer owners control the
majority of media outlets
