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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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression






8. 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






9. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.






10. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. A particular character's sound






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. Space that exists inside the frame.






26. 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






27. The entire visual world is created non-photographically






28. Where two/three people converse in the frame






29. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics






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






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






32. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. When camera is looking down at a character






39. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic






40. Refers to the world representing in a program






41. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry






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






43. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions






44. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels






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






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






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






48. Eye level






49. Establishing shot of entire scene






50. Diegetic - and non-diegetic







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