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Television Vocab

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1. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.






2. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality






3. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism






4. Motion of a given sequence






5. A particular character's sound






6. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions






7. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions






8. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression






9. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously






10. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion






11. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)






12. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques






13. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor






14. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -






15. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image






16. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right






17. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot






18. Eye level






19. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports






20. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive






21. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes






22. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space






23. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials






24. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective






25. 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






26. Establishing shot of entire scene






27. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space






28. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic






29. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)






30. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive






31. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast






32. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space






33. The technique that captures that image for viewers






34. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene






35. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response






36. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting






37. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting






38. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location






39. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context






40. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC






41. When camera is looking down at a character






42. 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






43. Where two/three people converse in the frame






44. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming






45. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space






46. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions






47. Spacial relation between elements






48. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic






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






50. Targets media to specific segments of the audience