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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. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
live-to-tape
democratic regulations
hand-held
single camera
2. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
naturalistic
low camera angle
rack of focus
focus
3. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
focus
extreme closeup
fade-out
keying
4. Where two/three people converse in the frame
laugh track
onscreen space
two/three shot
style
5. Spacial relation between elements
camera movement: pan
framing
rhythm
perspective
6. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
editing
two/three shot
camera movement: pan
computer generated animation
7. 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
rhythm
extreme closeup
perspective
animation
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
instant replay
theme songs
telefilms
cross-cutting
9. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
single camera
live-to-tape
closeups
sound effects
10. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
monologue
ambient sound
theme songs
extreme closeup
11. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
laugh track
two/three shot
low camera angle
Classic Network Era
12. 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
low camera angle
instant replay
speed
kinescope
13. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
anthology drama
cultural representations
cross-cutting
graphics
14. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
theme songs
dialogue
rhythm
chroma key
15. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
camera movement: dolly
speed
environmental sound
canted camera angle
16. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
extreme closeup
fade-out
wipes
cut
17. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
shot/reverse shot
theme songs
wipes
dissolves
18. 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
computer generated images
presentational
narrowcasting
perspective
19. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
score
environmental sound
sound effects
vocal sounds
20. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
medium shots
videotape
dialogue
monologue
21. 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
camerawork
screen direction
offscreen space
cross-fades
22. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
vocal sounds
cultural representations
vocal performance
ellipsis
23. When camera is looking down at a character
chroma key
animation
videotape
high camera angle
24. Diegetic - and non-diegetic
democratic regulations
music
closeups
fade-out
25. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
Classic Network Era
focal length
videotape
democratic regulations
26. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
cultural representations
screen direction
telephoto lenses
medium shots
27. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
camerawork
dissolves
vocal performance
camera movement: dolly
28. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
environmental sound
sililoquies
Classic Network Era
two/three shot
29. The technique that captures that image for viewers
camerawork
video switcher
stedicam
cross-cutting
30. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
presentational
speed
screen direction
sound bridge
31. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
videotape
narrowcasting
dialogue
long take
32. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
voiceover narration
laugh track
monologue
wide angle lenses
33. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
long shots
sound effects
camera movement: dolly
wide angle lenses
34. When camera is looking up at a character
telefilms
score
low camera angle
focal length
35. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
vocal sounds
videotape
offscreen space
graphics
36. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
naturalistic
wide angle lenses
video switcher
cut
37. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
keying
media technologies
chroma key
Convergence Era
38. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
graphics
staging
framing
two/three shot
39. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
cross-cutting
animation
perspective
telephoto lenses
40. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
dialogue
flashback
videotape
instant replay
41. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
kinescope
framing
keying
canted camera angle
42. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
vocal performance
crane shot
single camera
flashback
43. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
extreme long shot
graphics
naturalistic
camerawork
44. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
cels
camerawork
long take
theme songs
45. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
voiceover narration
textual form
sound bridge
Convergence Era
46. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
camera movement: tracking
monologue
cross-fades
offscreen space
47. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
narrowcasting
closeups
cels
telephoto lenses
48. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
rack of focus
video switcher
jump cut
extreme closeup
49. 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
music
low camera angle
multi- camera telefilm studio production
animation
50. Refers to the world representing in a program
vocal performance
split-screen
diegesis
dissolves