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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. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
democratic regulations
vocal performance
framing
Convergence Era
2. Eye level
score
camera movement: tracking
standard camera height
musical montage
3. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
closeups
rack of focus
live-to-tape
stedicam
4. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
dialogue
two/three shot
Realism
videotape
5. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
long shots
wipes
extreme long shot
medium shots
6. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
medium closeup
fade-in
wide angle lenses
anthology drama
7. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
ambient sound
canted camera angle
master shot
shot/reverse shot
8. Space that exists inside the frame.
fade-in
cut
high camera angle
onscreen space
9. A particular character's sound
vocal performance
high camera angle
split-screen
textual form
10. 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
speed
jump cut
offscreen space
extreme closeup
11. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
canted camera angle
cross-cutting
crane shot
staging
12. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
canted camera angle
medium closeup
live-to-tape
screen direction
13. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
graphics
wipes
score
naturalistic
14. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
dialogue
medium closeup
keying
monologue
15. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
two/three shot
hand-held
focal length
sililoquies
16. When people are talking
two shot west
perspective
ambient sound
vocal sounds
17. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
standard camera height
long shots
cross-fades
cultural representations
18. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
camera movement: dolly
shot/reverse shot
media technologies
wipes
19. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
computer generated images
single camera
video switcher
monologue
20. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
focus
single camera
cultural representations
camera movement: pan
21. Images are created and animated digitally
crane shot
cross-cutting
video switcher
computer generated animation
22. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
video switcher
single camera
voiceover narration
monologue
23. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
democratic regulations
crane shot
ambient sound
computer generated images
24. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
environmental sound
wide angle lenses
presentational
graphics
25. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
offscreen space
camera movement: tilt
telefilms
closeups
26. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
score
hand-held
graphics
shot/reverse shot
27. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
sound effects
animation
sililoquies
musical montage
28. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
narrowcasting
animation
sound effects
wide angle lenses
29. 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
multi-camera live production
diegesis
anthology drama
flashback
30. 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
focus
split-screen
media technologies
31. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
animation
dialogue
two shot west
keying
32. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
rack of focus
Realism
sound effects
medium closeup
33. Establishing shot of entire scene
speed
long shots
staging
master shot
34. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
cultural representations
vocal performance
kinescope
shot/reverse shot
35. 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
sound effects
multi- camera telefilm studio production
medium closeup
wide angle lenses
36. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
telephoto lenses
multi-camera live production
sililoquies
long take
37. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
presentational
multi- camera telefilm studio production
theme songs
screen direction
38. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
onscreen space
two shot west
score
sound effects
39. 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
ellipsis
cultural representations
monologue
kinescope
40. The technique that captures that image for viewers
diegesis
music
camerawork
rhythm
41. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
cels
camera movement: tilt
telephoto lenses
sound effects
42. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
chroma key
extreme long shot
ellipsis
Classic Network Era
43. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
shot/reverse shot
multi-camera live production
Multi-Channel Era
dissolves
44. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
Multi-Channel Era
voiceover narration
naturalistic
cut
45. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
video switcher
camera movement: pan
closeups
editing
46. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
cross-cutting
music
jump cut
camera movement: tracking
47. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
rack of focus
style
narrowcasting
focal length
48. 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
musical montage
telefilms
stedicam
Classic Network Era
49. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
camera movement: tracking
camera movement: dolly
long take
cross-cutting
50. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
monologue
closeups
ellipsis
camerawork