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Television Vocab

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






2. When camera is looking up at a character






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic






10. Establishing shot of entire scene






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Images are created and animated digitally






17. 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






18. 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






19. Spacial relation between elements






20. The entire visual world is created non-photographically






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






22. When people are talking






23. 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






24. 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






25. Targets media to specific segments of the audience






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






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






28. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic






29. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC






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






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






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






41. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response






42. 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






43. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting






44. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror






45. 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.






46. Diegetic - and non-diegetic






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






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






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






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