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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. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
focal length
cels
music
fade-in
2. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
long shots
camera movement: dolly
split-screen
closeups
3. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
textual form
camera movement: tracking
computer generated animation
live-to-tape
4. Motion of a given sequence
staging
canted camera angle
democratic regulations
speed
5. Spacial relation between elements
cels
naturalistic
perspective
shot/reverse shot
6. 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
medium closeup
rhythm
offscreen space
7. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
theme songs
naturalistic
sound bridge
multi-camera live production
8. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
focus
sililoquies
score
graphics
9. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
fade-out
videotape
environmental sound
live-to-tape
10. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
ambient sound
keying
cross-cutting
medium closeup
11. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
speed
extreme closeup
screen direction
camera movement: tracking
12. When camera is looking up at a character
telefilms
camerawork
low camera angle
computer generated images
13. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
editing
democratic regulations
focal length
long shots
14. Establishing shot of entire scene
master shot
vocal sounds
sililoquies
low camera angle
15. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
cross-fades
rack of focus
screen direction
master shot
16. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
ellipsis
voiceover narration
narrowcasting
videotape
17. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
computer generated images
multi-camera live production
single camera
framing
18. Refers to the world representing in a program
cross-fades
diegesis
camera movement: tilt
camera movement: dolly
19. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
textual form
focus
standard camera height
vocal sounds
20. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
shot/reverse shot
Realism
cross-fades
ambient sound
21. Space that exists inside the frame.
cut
camera movement: pan
rack of focus
onscreen space
22. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
extreme closeup
master shot
environmental sound
rack of focus
23. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
telephoto lenses
Multi-Channel Era
media technologies
crane shot
24. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
cultural representations
computer generated animation
rack of focus
flashback
25. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
jump cut
musical montage
telefilms
low camera angle
26. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
Classic Network Era
standard camera height
crane shot
cross-cutting
27. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
framing
staging
multi- camera telefilm studio production
crane shot
28. 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
fade-out
media technologies
naturalistic
cultural representations
29. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
jump cut
ellipsis
fade-out
low camera angle
30. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
musical montage
Classic Network Era
camera movement: tracking
camera movement: dolly
31. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
sililoquies
laugh track
focus
kinescope
32. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
split-screen
musical montage
chroma key
canted camera angle
33. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
instant replay
crane shot
vocal performance
media technologies
34. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
animation
wipes
camera movement: pan
narrowcasting
35. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
camera movement: tilt
sound bridge
perspective
focal length
36. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
framing
single camera
staging
keying
37. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
environmental sound
rack of focus
camera movement: dolly
shot/reverse shot
38. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
camera movement: dolly
crane shot
perspective
Multi-Channel Era
39. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
videotape
wide angle lenses
closeups
style
40. 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
master shot
camera movement: tilt
anthology drama
two shot west
41. Diegetic - and non-diegetic
Classic Network Era
dissolves
voiceover narration
music
42. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
jump cut
Realism
live-to-tape
camera movement: dolly
43. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
screen direction
low camera angle
Realism
fade-in
44. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
sound bridge
wipes
staging
voiceover narration
45. 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
perspective
medium closeup
chroma key
46. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
fade-out
medium shots
canted camera angle
hand-held
47. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
framing
split-screen
rhythm
cultural representations
48. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
closeups
textual form
screen direction
laugh track
49. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
democratic regulations
offscreen space
cross-fades
anthology drama
50. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
graphics
vocal performance
shot/reverse shot
camerawork