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Television Vocab

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1. 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






2. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football






3. When camera is looking down at a character






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






5. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting






6. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject






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






13. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order






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






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






16. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions






17. Spacial relation between elements






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






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






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






21. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption






22. 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






23. When camera is looking up at a character






24. The entire visual world is created non-photographically






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






26. When people are talking






27. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics






28. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic






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






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






31. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging






32. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded






33. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic






34. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot






35. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment






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






37. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus






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






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






40. Motion of a given sequence






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






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






43. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres






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






45. Space that exists inside the frame.






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






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






48. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels






49. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot






50. The technique that captures that image for viewers