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Television Vocab

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






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






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






4. Motion of a given sequence






5. Spacial relation between elements






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. When camera is looking up at a character






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






14. Establishing shot of entire scene






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






16. Targets media to specific segments of the audience






17. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging






18. Refers to the world representing in a program






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






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






21. Space that exists inside the frame.






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






23. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry






32. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective






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






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






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






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






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






38. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space






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






40. 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






41. Diegetic - and non-diegetic






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC






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