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Television Vocab

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






2. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football






3. A particular character's sound






4. Motion of a given sequence






5. When the viewer can become lost in the story. even in sci-fi as long as the world they are in seem relate-able to our world. realistic in form vs. content






6. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry






7. When camera is looking down at a character






8. Targets media to specific segments of the audience






9. 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.






10. Refers to the world representing in a program






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






12. 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






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






14. Establishing shot of entire scene






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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






23. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic






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






25. Where two/three people converse in the frame






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






27. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality






28. Eye level






29. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic






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






31. 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






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






33. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports






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






35. Diegetic - and non-diegetic






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






37. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions






38. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image






39. Spacial relation between elements






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






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






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






43. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded






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






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






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






47. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic






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






49. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context






50. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action







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