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Television Vocab
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
cultural representations
telefilms
editing
telephoto lenses
2. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
camera movement: dolly
long shots
environmental sound
Realism
3. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
sound effects
naturalistic
score
medium closeup
4. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
sililoquies
music
long shots
computer generated images
5. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
long shots
musical montage
computer generated animation
offscreen space
6. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
Convergence Era
computer generated animation
cels
canted camera angle
7. Motion of a given sequence
speed
instant replay
democratic regulations
computer generated images
8. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
focal length
videotape
diegesis
high camera angle
9. When the viewer can become lost in the story. even in sci-fi as long as the world they are in seem relate-able to our world. realistic in form vs. content
camera movement: tilt
presentational
naturalistic
screen direction
10. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
Classic Network Era
camera movement: tracking
onscreen space
voiceover narration
11. Refers to the world representing in a program
telefilms
Multi-Channel Era
diegesis
single camera
12. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
fade-in
Multi-Channel Era
textual form
telephoto lenses
13. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
laugh track
democratic regulations
closeups
two shot west
14. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
graphics
cross-cutting
cels
split-screen
15. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
camerawork
long take
kinescope
fade-in
16. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
camera movement: tracking
stedicam
editing
vocal sounds
17. I love lucy - used multi camera to take in front of a live audience - but video signals weren't sent to the control room to edit live-- instead signals were recoded while the audio tape was mixed in. costly lucile footed the bill w/ husband desi. sho
multi- camera telefilm studio production
Convergence Era
master shot
graphics
18. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
computer generated animation
low camera angle
video switcher
presentational
19. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
medium shots
Multi-Channel Era
keying
fade-in
20. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
single camera
hand-held
focus
cut
21. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
live-to-tape
shot/reverse shot
canted camera angle
sililoquies
22. When camera is looking up at a character
ellipsis
narrowcasting
cels
low camera angle
23. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
cross-cutting
hand-held
medium closeup
rack of focus
24. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
laugh track
split-screen
cels
perspective
25. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
ellipsis
sound effects
animation
monologue
26. Diegetic - and non-diegetic
camera movement: pan
keying
camera movement: tracking
music
27. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
closeups
focus
extreme closeup
cross-fades
28. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
voiceover narration
perspective
instant replay
Realism
29. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
democratic regulations
naturalistic
dialogue
sound bridge
30. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
keying
focus
cultural representations
theme songs
31. Spacial relation between elements
narrowcasting
staging
perspective
musical montage
32. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
score
camera movement: pan
chroma key
speed
33. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
screen direction
jump cut
monologue
ambient sound
34. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
instant replay
camera movement: pan
monologue
theme songs
35. When camera is looking down at a character
naturalistic
high camera angle
crane shot
cut
36. When people are talking
score
staging
camera movement: tilt
vocal sounds
37. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
style
extreme long shot
camera movement: tracking
long take
38. A popular form of early TV programming that brought live dramatic theater to television; influenced by stage plays - anthologies offered new teleplays - casts - directors - writers and sets from week to week
presentational
anthology drama
medium closeup
low camera angle
39. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
videotape
video switcher
wipes
computer generated images
40. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
camera movement: tilt
focal length
focus
textual form
41. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
cut
crane shot
framing
focus
42. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
rack of focus
multi-camera live production
graphics
cut
43. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
presentational
rhythm
master shot
hand-held
44. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
hand-held
vocal sounds
crane shot
jump cut
45. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
score
presentational
multi- camera telefilm studio production
wide angle lenses
46. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
staging
cut
wipes
computer generated animation
47. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
dissolves
high camera angle
camera movement: tilt
animation
48. Allows and isolated detail - object - or body part to fill the screen. commonly used to highlight a piece of evidence or object contributing to the narrative
standard camera height
crane shot
extreme closeup
cross-fades
49. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
stedicam
democratic regulations
telephoto lenses
flashback
50. Eye level
cross-fades
kinescope
standard camera height
presentational