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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. A particular character's sound
crane shot
vocal performance
laugh track
extreme closeup
2. 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
offscreen space
multi-camera live production
3. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
naturalistic
wipes
onscreen space
long take
4. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
extreme closeup
screen direction
medium shots
live-to-tape
5. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
multi-camera live production
narrowcasting
chroma key
speed
6. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
keying
camera movement: dolly
fade-out
split-screen
7. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
single camera
long take
video switcher
ellipsis
8. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
kinescope
medium closeup
framing
ambient sound
9. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
democratic regulations
ellipsis
cut
chroma key
10. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
laugh track
presentational
medium closeup
Classic Network Era
11. Space that exists inside the frame.
chroma key
fade-in
onscreen space
perspective
12. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
fade-out
medium closeup
narrowcasting
animation
13. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
narrowcasting
cross-cutting
Convergence Era
focal length
14. Spacial relation between elements
computer generated images
perspective
Classic Network Era
fade-out
15. We cannot loose ourselves in the programming because it is so artificial-- people don't randomly break out into song. very stylized. realistic in content vs. form-- ex: glee
democratic regulations
presentational
extreme closeup
narrowcasting
16. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
staging
democratic regulations
media technologies
telephoto lenses
17. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
camera movement: tilt
presentational
split-screen
single camera
18. 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
dialogue
split-screen
kinescope
cross-fades
19. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
live-to-tape
instant replay
two shot west
flashback
20. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
rack of focus
score
rhythm
telephoto lenses
21. Space that exists outside the frame. can still be a part of the staging or when a character walks out of a room-- the story still follows them
offscreen space
textual form
focus
two shot west
22. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
low camera angle
hand-held
style
dialogue
23. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
ambient sound
rhythm
kinescope
telefilms
24. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
monologue
narrowcasting
laugh track
diegesis
25. When camera is looking up at a character
master shot
low camera angle
textual form
computer generated animation
26. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
sound effects
high camera angle
wipes
textual form
27. 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.
textual form
voiceover narration
ellipsis
Multi-Channel Era
28. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
vocal performance
long take
single camera
staging
29. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
long take
rack of focus
voiceover narration
framing
30. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
Multi-Channel Era
fade-out
focus
style
31. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
single camera
hand-held
score
staging
32. Footage sent to a control room and director indicates when to cut back and forth from each camera. 4th wall-- doesn't feel natural. rooted in theater
laugh track
voiceover narration
multi-camera live production
medium shots
33. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
camera movement: pan
environmental sound
graphics
democratic regulations
34. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
environmental sound
sound effects
ellipsis
videotape
35. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
wipes
extreme long shot
laugh track
animation
36. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
flashback
voiceover narration
long shots
wipes
37. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
jump cut
sililoquies
multi-camera live production
camera movement: tracking
38. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
fade-in
rhythm
shot/reverse shot
sililoquies
39. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
rack of focus
graphics
media technologies
kinescope
40. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
sound bridge
camera movement: tracking
diegesis
vocal performance
41. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
musical montage
naturalistic
single camera
framing
42. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
cels
shot/reverse shot
single camera
videotape
43. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
camera movement: tracking
live-to-tape
medium shots
onscreen space
44. 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
graphics
shot/reverse shot
telefilms
onscreen space
45. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
laugh track
computer generated images
screen direction
camera movement: tilt
46. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
camera movement: tilt
closeups
textual form
cross-fades
47. The technique that captures that image for viewers
ambient sound
naturalistic
score
camerawork
48. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
rack of focus
rhythm
crane shot
shot/reverse shot
49. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
framing
shot/reverse shot
laugh track
cels
50. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
rack of focus
score
long take
wide angle lenses