Test your basic knowledge |

Television Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions






2. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






9. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic






10. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action






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






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






13. When camera is looking up at a character






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






15. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states






16. These early versions of recordings were created by pointing a camera at a television and were the only way to preserve TV until much later






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






18. 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.






19. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action






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






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






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






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






24. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting






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






26. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging






27. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable






28. Eye level






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Space that exists inside the frame.






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






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






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






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






40. Spacial relation between elements






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






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






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






44. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot






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






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






47. Targets media to specific segments of the audience






48. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC






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






50. A particular character's sound