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Television Vocab
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1. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
screen direction
cross-cutting
sound effects
long take
2. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
Classic Network Era
videotape
presentational
anthology drama
3. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
two/three shot
ambient sound
screen direction
vocal performance
4. Eye level
chroma key
extreme closeup
animation
standard camera height
5. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
Classic Network Era
live-to-tape
animation
video switcher
6. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
editing
staging
dissolves
Multi-Channel Era
7. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
long take
split-screen
naturalistic
voiceover narration
8. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
Classic Network Era
standard camera height
computer generated animation
music
9. 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
camera movement: tracking
wide angle lenses
vocal performance
anthology drama
10. 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
textual form
kinescope
monologue
vocal sounds
11. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
keying
democratic regulations
jump cut
dialogue
12. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
score
staging
keying
camera movement: tilt
13. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
Multi-Channel Era
kinescope
wipes
onscreen space
14. 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.
video switcher
vocal sounds
low camera angle
Multi-Channel Era
15. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
style
Realism
ambient sound
dissolves
16. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
computer generated images
animation
cross-fades
rhythm
17. 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
multi-camera live production
telefilms
ellipsis
master shot
18. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
fade-in
shot/reverse shot
rhythm
telephoto lenses
19. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
medium shots
wide angle lenses
staging
camera movement: dolly
20. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
kinescope
score
focal length
cross-fades
21. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
monologue
ellipsis
live-to-tape
camera movement: pan
22. Space that exists inside the frame.
theme songs
keying
videotape
onscreen space
23. Motion of a given sequence
computer generated animation
dissolves
ellipsis
speed
24. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
cultural representations
cross-cutting
democratic regulations
rack of focus
25. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
camerawork
dissolves
Realism
instant replay
26. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
medium shots
keying
textual form
instant replay
27. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
flashback
cultural representations
ellipsis
framing
28. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
extreme long shot
perspective
anthology drama
long shots
29. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
laugh track
presentational
fade-in
ellipsis
30. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
music
long take
score
textual form
31. When people are talking
vocal sounds
single camera
video switcher
ellipsis
32. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
musical montage
master shot
vocal sounds
medium closeup
33. When camera is looking up at a character
focus
low camera angle
anthology drama
wipes
34. When camera is looking down at a character
high camera angle
laugh track
hand-held
cultural representations
35. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
fade-out
hand-held
score
video switcher
36. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
shot/reverse shot
animation
editing
camera movement: pan
37. Where two/three people converse in the frame
two/three shot
video switcher
standard camera height
kinescope
38. 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
camera movement: dolly
closeups
extreme closeup
sililoquies
39. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
diegesis
camera movement: tracking
sound effects
live-to-tape
40. 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
long take
multi- camera telefilm studio production
two/three shot
speed
41. Refers to the world representing in a program
wipes
diegesis
closeups
extreme closeup
42. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
ambient sound
focus
monologue
long take
43. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
vocal sounds
stedicam
medium closeup
cross-fades
44. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
master shot
focus
cross-cutting
editing
45. Spacial relation between elements
telephoto lenses
medium closeup
perspective
wide angle lenses
46. A particular character's sound
graphics
vocal performance
extreme closeup
diegesis
47. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
jump cut
sound bridge
laugh track
closeups
48. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
narrowcasting
camera movement: tracking
textual form
hand-held
49. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
video switcher
laugh track
keying
camerawork
50. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
medium closeup
chroma key
sililoquies
cross-fades
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