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Television Vocab
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journalism-and-media
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1. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
wide angle lenses
environmental sound
shot/reverse shot
camera movement: pan
2. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
monologue
camera movement: dolly
camera movement: tracking
screen direction
3. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
theme songs
long shots
vocal performance
sililoquies
4. When people are talking
vocal sounds
keying
style
perspective
5. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
laugh track
speed
offscreen space
democratic regulations
6. 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
musical montage
high camera angle
media technologies
extreme closeup
7. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
long shots
ellipsis
keying
stedicam
8. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
jump cut
style
animation
cut
9. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
rack of focus
standard camera height
multi-camera live production
cross-cutting
10. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
telefilms
cross-cutting
editing
cross-fades
11. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
hand-held
live-to-tape
focus
long take
12. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
Convergence Era
cross-cutting
extreme closeup
medium shots
13. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
two shot west
sound bridge
live-to-tape
anthology drama
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
staging
cross-cutting
Realism
15. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
medium shots
long take
focus
textual form
16. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
camera movement: tilt
two shot west
cels
split-screen
17. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
extreme long shot
Convergence Era
hand-held
style
18. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
two/three shot
closeups
focus
wipes
19. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
theme songs
offscreen space
two/three shot
computer generated images
20. 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.
Multi-Channel Era
onscreen space
diegesis
media technologies
21. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
flashback
theme songs
democratic regulations
Convergence Era
22. 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
computer generated animation
editing
multi- camera telefilm studio production
sililoquies
23. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
two/three shot
sound effects
video switcher
cut
24. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
cultural representations
medium closeup
presentational
media technologies
25. A particular character's sound
rack of focus
vocal performance
focal length
presentational
26. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
monologue
laugh track
textual form
camera movement: tracking
27. Where two/three people converse in the frame
Convergence Era
monologue
two/three shot
anthology drama
28. Spacial relation between elements
keying
perspective
wide angle lenses
Multi-Channel Era
29. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
media technologies
live-to-tape
cut
hand-held
30. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
telephoto lenses
sililoquies
two shot west
live-to-tape
31. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
cross-fades
instant replay
screen direction
kinescope
32. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
sililoquies
score
cels
focus
33. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
Multi-Channel Era
graphics
voiceover narration
kinescope
34. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
media technologies
screen direction
musical montage
live-to-tape
35. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
low camera angle
staging
canted camera angle
camera movement: dolly
36. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
keying
vocal performance
cultural representations
standard camera height
37. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
democratic regulations
sililoquies
canted camera angle
crane shot
38. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
dissolves
presentational
speed
monologue
39. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
chroma key
telephoto lenses
camera movement: tilt
wide angle lenses
40. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
speed
theme songs
democratic regulations
environmental sound
41. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
videotape
cels
medium shots
voiceover narration
42. When camera is looking down at a character
rack of focus
high camera angle
shot/reverse shot
monologue
43. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
single camera
long shots
cels
medium closeup
44. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
narrowcasting
camera movement: tilt
cut
computer generated images
45. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
anthology drama
laugh track
camera movement: dolly
wipes
46. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
editing
multi-camera live production
Classic Network Era
media technologies
47. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
multi-camera live production
musical montage
dissolves
master shot
48. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
multi- camera telefilm studio production
wide angle lenses
narrowcasting
extreme long shot
49. 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
sound effects
focal length
Classic Network Era
naturalistic
50. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
diegesis
sililoquies
flashback
single camera
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