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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. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
chroma key
crane shot
cross-fades
anthology drama
2. When camera is looking up at a character
focus
staging
two/three shot
low camera angle
3. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
dissolves
computer generated images
high camera angle
jump cut
4. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
democratic regulations
speed
camera movement: tracking
style
5. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
rack of focus
wide angle lenses
single camera
two/three shot
6. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
split-screen
chroma key
media technologies
extreme long shot
7. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
Multi-Channel Era
offscreen space
split-screen
camera movement: pan
8. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
fade-in
focus
narrowcasting
ellipsis
9. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
live-to-tape
voiceover narration
long shots
offscreen space
10. Establishing shot of entire scene
master shot
onscreen space
split-screen
dialogue
11. 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
cross-cutting
crane shot
telefilms
videotape
12. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
closeups
cels
camerawork
wide angle lenses
13. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
high camera angle
framing
long take
style
14. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
computer generated animation
video switcher
ellipsis
editing
15. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
two shot west
dissolves
focal length
laugh track
16. Images are created and animated digitally
telefilms
dialogue
instant replay
computer generated animation
17. 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
anthology drama
presentational
editing
jump cut
18. 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
fade-out
master shot
two/three shot
multi- camera telefilm studio production
19. Spacial relation between elements
ambient sound
wide angle lenses
score
perspective
20. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
two shot west
animation
camera movement: dolly
video switcher
21. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
textual form
closeups
flashback
live-to-tape
22. When people are talking
closeups
narrowcasting
presentational
vocal sounds
23. 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
chroma key
flashback
naturalistic
Multi-Channel Era
24. 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
video switcher
sililoquies
extreme closeup
style
25. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
camerawork
fade-in
narrowcasting
Multi-Channel Era
26. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
anthology drama
vocal sounds
laugh track
monologue
27. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
rack of focus
dialogue
sound bridge
wide angle lenses
28. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
ambient sound
stedicam
jump cut
vocal performance
29. 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
musical montage
camera movement: dolly
instant replay
30. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
keying
democratic regulations
telephoto lenses
score
31. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
medium closeup
laugh track
camera movement: tracking
ambient sound
32. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
narrowcasting
dialogue
Classic Network Era
live-to-tape
33. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
fade-in
anthology drama
diegesis
live-to-tape
34. 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
medium shots
vocal performance
camera movement: tilt
multi-camera live production
35. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
flashback
speed
ellipsis
extreme long shot
36. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
single camera
camera movement: pan
medium shots
videotape
37. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
democratic regulations
cross-cutting
camera movement: pan
computer generated images
38. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
split-screen
cross-cutting
narrowcasting
naturalistic
39. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
rack of focus
Classic Network Era
telefilms
single camera
40. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
computer generated images
staging
telefilms
medium closeup
41. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
musical montage
style
cut
democratic regulations
42. 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
rack of focus
two/three shot
naturalistic
presentational
43. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
long take
cross-cutting
screen direction
diegesis
44. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
anthology drama
democratic regulations
computer generated images
Realism
45. 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.
long shots
vocal performance
cut
Multi-Channel Era
46. Diegetic - and non-diegetic
music
dialogue
dissolves
Convergence Era
47. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
standard camera height
crane shot
video switcher
camera movement: dolly
48. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
textual form
medium closeup
wide angle lenses
standard camera height
49. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
rack of focus
speed
focal length
democratic regulations
50. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
Realism
two shot west
keying
master shot