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Television Vocab

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






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






3. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events






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






5. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue






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






7. When camera is looking down at a character






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






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






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






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






12. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting






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






14. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging






15. Images are created and animated digitally






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






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






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






19. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Spacial relation between elements






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






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






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






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






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






30. When people are talking






31. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC






32. When camera is looking up at a character






33. 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






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






35. Diegetic - and non-diegetic






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. The technique that captures that image for viewers






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






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






46. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences






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






48. 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






49. The entire visual world is created non-photographically






50. Where two/three people converse in the frame