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Television Vocab

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1. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting






2. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality






3. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment






4. Eye level






5. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast






6. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance






7. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic






8. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -






9. 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






10. These early versions of recordings were created by pointing a camera at a television and were the only way to preserve TV until much later






11. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC






12. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject






13. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming






14. Shift from dominant networks to cable and satellite. there was a wide range of target audiences. viewed TV as the central information and communication medium for the American public.






15. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`






16. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror






17. Filmed TV show - sold to stations and syndicators to reduce financial risk. better quality than kinescope. allowed for flexibility in editing as well as single camera






18. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot






19. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot






20. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions






21. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right






22. Space that exists inside the frame.






23. Motion of a given sequence






24. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)






25. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football






26. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive






27. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes






28. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location






29. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded






30. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres






31. When people are talking






32. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response






33. When camera is looking up at a character






34. When camera is looking down at a character






35. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic






36. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue






37. Where two/three people converse in the frame






38. 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






39. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space






40. 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






41. Refers to the world representing in a program






42. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor






43. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences






44. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry






45. Spacial relation between elements






46. A particular character's sound






47. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression






48. Targets media to specific segments of the audience






49. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics






50. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports







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