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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. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
editing
cut
chroma key
vocal performance
2. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
stedicam
standard camera height
monologue
focus
3. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
framing
voiceover narration
medium shots
master shot
4. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
laugh track
animation
theme songs
presentational
5. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
video switcher
single camera
low camera angle
score
6. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
jump cut
cross-cutting
environmental sound
musical montage
7. Refers to the world representing in a program
fade-out
offscreen space
diegesis
stedicam
8. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
wide angle lenses
focus
voiceover narration
rhythm
9. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
staging
medium shots
focal length
standard camera height
10. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
instant replay
score
kinescope
camerawork
11. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
camera movement: tracking
presentational
textual form
ambient sound
12. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
flashback
canted camera angle
cels
camera movement: dolly
13. 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
ambient sound
live-to-tape
onscreen space
14. 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
multi-camera live production
camera movement: dolly
chroma key
score
15. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
framing
cross-cutting
rhythm
hand-held
16. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
Classic Network Era
long shots
Convergence Era
sound effects
17. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
graphics
onscreen space
camera movement: tilt
score
18. 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
staging
musical montage
naturalistic
perspective
19. Space that exists inside the frame.
framing
sound bridge
laugh track
onscreen space
20. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
narrowcasting
theme songs
focal length
canted camera angle
21. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
sound bridge
single camera
cross-fades
computer generated images
22. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
dialogue
musical montage
master shot
vocal sounds
23. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
high camera angle
keying
dissolves
kinescope
24. 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
score
offscreen space
wipes
stedicam
25. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
ambient sound
onscreen space
fade-in
style
26. 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.
jump cut
wipes
Multi-Channel Era
camera movement: pan
27. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
Classic Network Era
flashback
cels
focal length
28. 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
cut
graphics
long shots
29. 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
canted camera angle
master shot
telefilms
cels
30. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
framing
ambient sound
presentational
monologue
31. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
medium shots
two shot west
flashback
voiceover narration
32. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
staging
screen direction
democratic regulations
telephoto lenses
33. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
telephoto lenses
music
style
Realism
34. When people are talking
two/three shot
monologue
vocal sounds
instant replay
35. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
musical montage
camera movement: tilt
cultural representations
jump cut
36. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
keying
ellipsis
onscreen space
wipes
37. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
music
cels
environmental sound
diegesis
38. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
wipes
cels
theme songs
musical montage
39. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
master shot
staging
style
live-to-tape
40. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
flashback
camera movement: dolly
fade-out
presentational
41. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
speed
camera movement: pan
flashback
media technologies
42. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
closeups
crane shot
wipes
rhythm
43. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
computer generated images
score
monologue
sound effects
44. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
cels
rhythm
cut
multi-camera live production
45. 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
long shots
two shot west
extreme closeup
standard camera height
46. Spacial relation between elements
presentational
perspective
split-screen
ellipsis
47. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
camera movement: dolly
environmental sound
camera movement: tilt
stedicam
48. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
flashback
style
multi- camera telefilm studio production
cultural representations
49. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
high camera angle
ellipsis
Realism
staging
50. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
stedicam
score
editing
multi- camera telefilm studio production