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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. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
rack of focus
focal length
long take
Convergence Era
2. 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
theme songs
multi- camera telefilm studio production
extreme closeup
presentational
3. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
computer generated images
diegesis
crane shot
flashback
4. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
democratic regulations
Realism
Multi-Channel Era
style
5. Space that exists inside the frame.
camera movement: tracking
onscreen space
cross-fades
fade-in
6. Spacial relation between elements
jump cut
graphics
perspective
closeups
7. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
graphics
medium closeup
Realism
framing
8. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
environmental sound
democratic regulations
graphics
kinescope
9. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
fade-in
video switcher
high camera angle
camera movement: tracking
10. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
environmental sound
camerawork
jump cut
musical montage
11. The technique that captures that image for viewers
instant replay
laugh track
camerawork
offscreen space
12. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
Convergence Era
fade-out
narrowcasting
single camera
13. 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 telefilm studio production
wide angle lenses
canted camera angle
multi-camera live production
14. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
focal length
ellipsis
fade-out
style
15. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
multi-camera live production
narrowcasting
camera movement: pan
music
16. 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-camera live production
voiceover narration
Multi-Channel Era
score
17. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
crane shot
live-to-tape
dissolves
Realism
18. We cannot loose ourselves in the programming because it is so artificial-- people don't randomly break out into song. very stylized. realistic in content vs. form-- ex: glee
focus
long shots
presentational
low camera angle
19. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
naturalistic
Realism
ellipsis
media technologies
20. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
rhythm
split-screen
focus
cut
21. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
two/three shot
camera movement: dolly
shot/reverse shot
sound effects
22. A particular character's sound
vocal performance
camera movement: dolly
style
democratic regulations
23. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
camera movement: dolly
fade-in
style
Classic Network Era
24. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
score
single camera
multi-camera live production
anthology drama
25. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
cels
standard camera height
Multi-Channel Era
music
26. 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
dissolves
focal length
naturalistic
27. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
videotape
split-screen
video switcher
cross-cutting
28. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
textual form
chroma key
telephoto lenses
master shot
29. Refers to the world representing in a program
wide angle lenses
diegesis
rack of focus
ellipsis
30. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
graphics
Convergence Era
cels
camerawork
31. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
rack of focus
videotape
extreme long shot
textual form
32. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
multi- camera telefilm studio production
environmental sound
camera movement: tilt
closeups
33. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
ambient sound
editing
textual form
staging
34. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
extreme closeup
camera movement: pan
graphics
dialogue
35. Motion of a given sequence
speed
framing
media technologies
rack of focus
36. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
rhythm
multi-camera live production
onscreen space
Multi-Channel Era
37. When camera is looking down at a character
perspective
camera movement: tracking
high camera angle
sililoquies
38. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
chroma key
fade-out
musical montage
dissolves
39. When people are talking
stedicam
democratic regulations
vocal sounds
textual form
40. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
closeups
stedicam
rack of focus
kinescope
41. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
video switcher
environmental sound
focal length
shot/reverse shot
42. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
two/three shot
screen direction
live-to-tape
cut
43. Images are created and animated digitally
two/three shot
computer generated animation
two shot west
keying
44. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
hand-held
textual form
framing
presentational
45. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
computer generated images
staging
live-to-tape
closeups
46. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
multi- camera telefilm studio production
wide angle lenses
medium shots
camera movement: pan
47. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
extreme closeup
cross-fades
Classic Network Era
musical montage
48. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
theme songs
fade-out
extreme long shot
computer generated images
49. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
wide angle lenses
fade-out
sound bridge
computer generated animation
50. Establishing shot of entire scene
master shot
narrowcasting
live-to-tape
ellipsis