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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. 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
videotape
cut
extreme closeup
rhythm
2. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
videotape
closeups
environmental sound
long take
3. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
style
Convergence Era
musical montage
flashback
4. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
closeups
two shot west
media technologies
crane shot
5. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
style
cross-fades
jump cut
kinescope
6. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
Realism
hand-held
instant replay
kinescope
7. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
extreme long shot
framing
dialogue
cross-fades
8. 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
telefilms
Classic Network Era
textual form
style
9. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
long shots
cross-fades
split-screen
Multi-Channel Era
10. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
videotape
screen direction
rack of focus
medium closeup
11. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
sililoquies
extreme closeup
graphics
fade-in
12. Images are created and animated digitally
computer generated animation
sound bridge
standard camera height
live-to-tape
13. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
fade-in
cross-cutting
camera movement: tracking
democratic regulations
14. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
rack of focus
split-screen
voiceover narration
wide angle lenses
15. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
editing
environmental sound
long take
framing
16. When people are talking
environmental sound
vocal sounds
cross-fades
two shot west
17. When camera is looking up at a character
two shot west
animation
low camera angle
camera movement: tracking
18. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
sound bridge
telephoto lenses
editing
camerawork
19. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
cross-fades
presentational
cels
canted camera angle
20. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
videotape
camerawork
ambient sound
instant replay
21. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
sound effects
videotape
narrowcasting
extreme closeup
22. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
camera movement: tilt
master shot
cels
laugh track
23. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
cross-cutting
dissolves
diegesis
Classic Network Era
24. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
two shot west
keying
dissolves
camera movement: tracking
25. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
focus
video switcher
musical montage
master shot
26. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
animation
narrowcasting
screen direction
jump cut
27. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
two shot west
narrowcasting
keying
presentational
28. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
camera movement: tilt
offscreen space
fade-in
extreme closeup
29. 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
fade-out
speed
multi- camera telefilm studio production
instant replay
30. Spacial relation between elements
perspective
staging
keying
textual form
31. Eye level
flashback
long shots
vocal performance
standard camera height
32. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
split-screen
stedicam
canted camera angle
sound bridge
33. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
Multi-Channel Era
video switcher
ellipsis
animation
34. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
cross-fades
score
extreme closeup
style
35. Space that exists outside the frame. can still be a part of the staging or when a character walks out of a room-- the story still follows them
offscreen space
framing
camera movement: tracking
music
36. A particular character's sound
shot/reverse shot
chroma key
voiceover narration
vocal performance
37. Refers to the world representing in a program
presentational
democratic regulations
diegesis
two shot west
38. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
video switcher
camerawork
sound effects
vocal performance
39. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
wipes
live-to-tape
standard camera height
framing
40. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
computer generated images
master shot
fade-out
cut
41. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
cross-cutting
computer generated animation
fade-out
computer generated images
42. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
Convergence Era
screen direction
closeups
computer generated images
43. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
multi-camera live production
medium shots
theme songs
stedicam
44. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
computer generated images
Multi-Channel Era
single camera
hand-held
45. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
cels
anthology drama
jump cut
chroma key
46. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
fade-in
flashback
naturalistic
camera movement: dolly
47. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
kinescope
focal length
computer generated animation
extreme closeup
48. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
laugh track
split-screen
wide angle lenses
instant replay
49. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
sililoquies
Convergence Era
presentational
Classic Network Era
50. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
Classic Network Era
two shot west
long shots
fade-out