So you think you know the media?

Okay try this. This is the entry level test for my BM0620 - Introduction to the Media Industry Module. I needed to get 50% or better to qualify for it. It worked like this. The lecturer would flash these questions one at a time on slides, 10 seconds each question, 20 questions. Lets see if you can do better. Ready? 10 seconds per question. Ready? Go.

Name the government board in charge of film censorship.

What does M-I-C-A stand for?

Name any two publications under Mediacorp.

Name two top American television networks.

Name any one local production house.

How many free to air local TV stations in Singapore?

How many local radio stations?

Who is the minister for information, communications and arts?

Who directed 881?

Name the director of Lord of the Rings

Which is the longest running television sitcom

Which country has the highest cinema attendance In the world?

Name the first local English language sitcom

Which film won the best picture 2008 Oscar?

What is the real name of WWE wrestler the rock?

Who is the CEO of Temasek holdings

Who wrote the Da Vinci code

What is the nationality of Borat

Which season is American idol

Name the controversial short film by Geert Wilders

So. Do you qualify for my course?

MS0802

CHONGGH’s class today. We each did a 90 second intro, and im gonna try and chronicle it. Ready? Go. And I pass it to DONG. pictures coming soon.

DONG

This is Dong, full name Tong Cheng Hao, he’s from guang yang secondary school, and he wanted to do HR management. He is in DMSM because his brother kept bugging him to put DMSM as first choice. He comes from a family of SP grads, so this caused some rift in his family. He wants to be a film director. HE IS NOT GAY. He intends to pursue a degree in Mass Communication in Burdough University.

PRISCILLA

From Coral Secondary School, Priscilla chose this course because she was interested in journalism since young. So at JAE counseling, she was told that she had a good chance of getting in DMSM. Quote: “So I choose this course lor.” She likes journalism because she likes writing.

LYDIA

Previously from Ang Mo Kio Secondary, Lydia has a sore throat. She came to join this course because she likes to write. Also, she is quite fascinated by the media industry. She watches a lot of TV and is very, very interested I the TV and Media industry. However, she had no intention initially to go to a poly. She originally wanted to go to ‘Info-comm’, but her form teacher advised that she go to DMSM, and do something great in the media industry. Her favorite TV programs are dramas, and she believes that local dramas are horrible compared with honkie ones.

EDWYNA

Her name is Edwina, she loves her name very much and can’t understand why people can’t pronounce or spell it. Since young she wanted to take design courses, but later realized she couldn’t draw. Her mother advised she take a business course, and combining this with her love for photography and filming, she decided on DMSM. Since she got rejected, here she is. On a side note, she is shy when delivering a speech to masses.

DIANA

Unlike everyone who shivers when they’re nervous, she laughs. Hahahahahaha. The reason why she joined DMSM is because she is a ‘very literature student’, and she like writing and she hopes to graduate to a journalist for a magazine or a composer. ‘Hahaha. Umm... like. Ha-ha.’ After poly she wants to pursue a degree in mass comm, in a degree and be a ‘broadcaster or something.’ She writes songs, and believes only girls know how to love. Her songs are personal reflections to her own love life. They are like poems.

ANNIE

Annie has red highlights and doesn’t really like this course. She has no idea why she’s here. She believes Mediacorp is horrid and she doesn’t watch much T. She doesn’t do anything, she just exists. She has no hobbies. She believes Singaporeans are boring but the class is quite okay. She looks down on Engineering School. She doesn’t want to join, she wants to create.

LAYLA

She is in DMSM because she has an aim in life. She hopes to be somewhere in the media industry, which she has been wanting for some time. Since young she has been talking a lot and in her previous schools, she has been emceeing, hosting, etc. she wants to be a presenter, and she loves to talk to an audience. She wants to have her own talk show.

MALCOLM

He’s Malcolm, he comes from coral secondary school, and he came to DMSM because he has NO IDEA what he’s going to do. He thinks math, science, and Chinese is shit. He believes he’s better in English than anything, so he believes this English-oriented course will be perfect for him. He loves doing music, and extreme sports. He does motocross. He plays bass, drums, violin, etc. He looks like cloud. HE reads novels. Fiction… Non-fiction is not interesting. He reads encyclopedias.

OSWALD

From Zhonghua Secondary School, he was in Singapore poly last year in engineering. He’s in DMSM because when he was in SP he felt that it was the wrong course for him. So he jumped ship. He likes the media because he feels that the media is very influential, and the media can put emotion into people. At the end of the show, he believes the effect is more powerful than merely entertainment. He believes film is more interesting and he wants to get a degree for the same subject. He wants to be a producer.

ANDY

Andy is in this course because he is notices things and he wants to be a professional journalist. He believes he doesn’t need to study so much in this course and that this course is more practical. He takes time to warm up to strangers.

Right about here, my hands are getting tired so im gonna stop typing now. lol

orientation

can't say i hate my class. can't say i like them either. we'll see what happens tomorrow. damn tiring.

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thats me falling asleep on the keyboard