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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. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
focus
wipes
dialogue
Convergence Era
2. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
voiceover narration
Multi-Channel Era
environmental sound
theme songs
3. When camera is looking down at a character
high camera angle
extreme closeup
cels
split-screen
4. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
keying
media technologies
medium shots
single camera
5. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
camerawork
medium shots
editing
long shots
6. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
master shot
voiceover narration
camera movement: tracking
Realism
7. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
naturalistic
cross-fades
flashback
single camera
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
anthology drama
camera movement: dolly
shot/reverse shot
graphics
9. 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
computer generated animation
focal length
telefilms
musical montage
10. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
style
framing
vocal sounds
kinescope
11. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
sililoquies
focus
sound effects
multi-camera live production
12. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
split-screen
extreme long shot
videotape
cels
13. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
laugh track
graphics
environmental sound
extreme closeup
14. 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
naturalistic
dissolves
media technologies
flashback
15. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
hand-held
offscreen space
wide angle lenses
cultural representations
16. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
high camera angle
chroma key
cross-cutting
shot/reverse shot
17. Establishing shot of entire scene
textual form
wipes
master shot
medium closeup
18. Space that exists inside the frame.
crane shot
extreme long shot
two/three shot
onscreen space
19. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
dialogue
staging
hand-held
wipes
20. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
media technologies
fade-out
focal length
democratic regulations
21. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
chroma key
focal length
telephoto lenses
fade-in
22. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
camera movement: dolly
screen direction
keying
video switcher
23. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
computer generated animation
multi- camera telefilm studio production
video switcher
medium shots
24. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
environmental sound
jump cut
video switcher
perspective
25. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
narrowcasting
environmental sound
fade-in
cut
26. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
jump cut
hand-held
videotape
crane shot
27. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
Multi-Channel Era
musical montage
split-screen
fade-out
28. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
dissolves
musical montage
medium closeup
two shot west
29. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
ellipsis
animation
two shot west
rack of focus
30. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
focus
sound bridge
Classic Network Era
speed
31. Images are created and animated digitally
stedicam
shot/reverse shot
computer generated animation
low camera angle
32. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
voiceover narration
speed
two shot west
score
33. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
split-screen
offscreen space
media technologies
live-to-tape
34. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
camera movement: pan
ellipsis
Convergence Era
focus
35. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
animation
rhythm
medium closeup
screen direction
36. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
live-to-tape
monologue
narrowcasting
laugh track
37. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
cut
Multi-Channel Era
rack of focus
theme songs
38. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
naturalistic
split-screen
sililoquies
sound bridge
39. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
low camera angle
closeups
medium shots
music
40. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
camerawork
voiceover narration
extreme long shot
Multi-Channel Era
41. Where two/three people converse in the frame
two/three shot
vocal sounds
monologue
stedicam
42. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
single camera
keying
narrowcasting
Realism
43. When camera is looking up at a character
Multi-Channel Era
textual form
low camera angle
sound effects
44. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
telefilms
extreme long shot
stedicam
music
45. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
offscreen space
master shot
style
Convergence Era
46. 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
music
split-screen
rhythm
extreme closeup
47. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
democratic regulations
editing
long take
screen direction
48. A particular character's sound
framing
sound bridge
vocal performance
video switcher
49. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
Realism
wipes
animation
flashback
50. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
computer generated animation
cross-cutting
instant replay
textual form