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Television Vocab

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






2. Diegetic - and non-diegetic






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






4. Eye level






5. Establishing shot of entire scene






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






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






9. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot






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






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






12. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging






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






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






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






16. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive






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






18. Motion of a given sequence






19. 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






20. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Images are created and animated digitally






37. When camera is looking down at a character






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






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






40. Refers to the world representing in a program






41. A particular character's sound






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






43. Spacial relation between elements






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






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






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






47. When camera is looking up at a character






48. 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.






49. Space that exists inside the frame.






50. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics