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Television Vocab

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






2. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions






3. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression






4. 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






5. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic






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






7. Spacial relation between elements






8. 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






9. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions






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






11. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene






12. Images are created and animated digitally






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






14. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive






15. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states






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






17. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism






18. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption






19. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques






20. Space that exists inside the frame.






21. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective






22. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats






23. 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






24. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable






25. 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






26. 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






27. The technique that captures that image for viewers






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






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






30. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.






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






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






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






34. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously






35. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot






36. When camera is looking down at a character






37. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus






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






39. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic






40. The entire visual world is created non-photographically






41. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting






42. Establishing shot of entire scene






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






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






45. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space






46. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot






47. 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.






48. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context






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






50. When people are talking






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