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Television Vocab
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
offscreen space
laugh track
hand-held
rack of focus
2. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
chroma key
cultural representations
two shot west
single camera
3. 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
split-screen
two/three shot
multi-camera live production
democratic regulations
4. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
live-to-tape
videotape
canted camera angle
multi-camera live production
5. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
hand-held
music
cross-cutting
two/three shot
6. Diegetic - and non-diegetic
music
textual form
focal length
speed
7. Space that exists inside the frame.
medium closeup
high camera angle
camera movement: dolly
onscreen space
8. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
wide angle lenses
two shot west
medium closeup
high camera angle
9. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
camera movement: tracking
camerawork
fade-in
sound bridge
10. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
multi-camera live production
medium closeup
framing
wide angle lenses
11. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
camera movement: tracking
telephoto lenses
long shots
keying
12. Spacial relation between elements
live-to-tape
perspective
focal length
environmental sound
13. Eye level
low camera angle
music
camera movement: pan
standard camera height
14. Establishing shot of entire scene
multi-camera live production
single camera
master shot
camera movement: dolly
15. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
standard camera height
rack of focus
sound effects
theme songs
16. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
jump cut
camera movement: tilt
telephoto lenses
kinescope
17. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
two shot west
diegesis
staging
monologue
18. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
narrowcasting
multi-camera live production
fade-in
hand-held
19. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
videotape
flashback
animation
staging
20. When people are talking
naturalistic
split-screen
telefilms
vocal sounds
21. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
sililoquies
cultural representations
shot/reverse shot
presentational
22. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
extreme long shot
sound effects
flashback
Convergence Era
23. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
wide angle lenses
videotape
crane shot
telephoto lenses
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
sound effects
rhythm
offscreen space
closeups
25. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
textual form
computer generated animation
dissolves
flashback
26. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
score
Classic Network Era
stedicam
fade-in
27. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
split-screen
extreme long shot
laugh track
multi- camera telefilm studio production
28. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
sound bridge
framing
theme songs
rack of focus
29. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
ellipsis
master shot
stedicam
dissolves
30. The technique that captures that image for viewers
camerawork
music
camera movement: tracking
long take
31. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
sound effects
media technologies
camera movement: pan
cross-fades
32. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
crane shot
rhythm
long take
offscreen space
33. Motion of a given sequence
low camera angle
closeups
speed
camerawork
34. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
medium shots
medium closeup
long take
keying
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)
laugh track
cultural representations
flashback
ambient sound
36. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
focus
long take
musical montage
camera movement: pan
37. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
Multi-Channel Era
chroma key
long take
instant replay
38. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
laugh track
chroma key
screen direction
multi-camera live production
39. 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
multi-camera live production
cross-fades
telefilms
closeups
40. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
dissolves
staging
diegesis
focus
41. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
shot/reverse shot
kinescope
jump cut
hand-held
42. Images are created and animated digitally
speed
onscreen space
computer generated animation
shot/reverse shot
43. When camera is looking down at a character
democratic regulations
high camera angle
multi- camera telefilm studio production
screen direction
44. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
flashback
framing
cultural representations
cels
45. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
dialogue
fade-in
two shot west
chroma key
46. A particular character's sound
ambient sound
vocal performance
camera movement: tilt
medium shots
47. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
camera movement: tracking
score
long shots
camera movement: pan
48. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
naturalistic
score
stedicam
screen direction
49. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
voiceover narration
dissolves
camera movement: tracking
focus
50. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
long take
vocal sounds
narrowcasting
style