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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. The technique that captures that image for viewers
camerawork
cels
textual form
focus
2. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
Classic Network Era
focus
media technologies
multi- camera telefilm studio production
3. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
graphics
editing
keying
camera movement: dolly
4. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
computer generated animation
staging
cels
democratic regulations
5. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
multi- camera telefilm studio production
editing
textual form
score
6. 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.
Classic Network Era
stedicam
computer generated animation
Multi-Channel Era
7. Where two/three people converse in the frame
two/three shot
musical montage
camera movement: dolly
democratic regulations
8. Images are created and animated digitally
cut
telephoto lenses
computer generated animation
framing
9. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
hand-held
extreme closeup
dialogue
two shot west
10. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
telephoto lenses
single camera
two shot west
animation
11. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
cels
Classic Network Era
Convergence Era
focus
12. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
hand-held
long shots
Realism
long take
13. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
score
style
ellipsis
computer generated animation
14. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
chroma key
dialogue
live-to-tape
rhythm
15. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
fade-out
telefilms
score
vocal performance
16. When camera is looking up at a character
sililoquies
chroma key
low camera angle
keying
17. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
vocal performance
chroma key
Realism
onscreen space
18. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
editing
textual form
camerawork
camera movement: pan
19. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
hand-held
instant replay
shot/reverse shot
camera movement: tilt
20. 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
presentational
split-screen
diegesis
dissolves
21. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
staging
hand-held
focal length
single camera
22. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
sililoquies
onscreen space
focus
master shot
23. 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
camera movement: tilt
multi- camera telefilm studio production
videotape
camerawork
24. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
shot/reverse shot
long take
fade-out
graphics
25. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
rhythm
long shots
camera movement: pan
high camera angle
26. A particular character's sound
long shots
shot/reverse shot
vocal performance
environmental sound
27. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
cels
two shot west
multi- camera telefilm studio production
diegesis
28. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
sililoquies
Classic Network Era
Multi-Channel Era
editing
29. Diegetic - and non-diegetic
music
multi-camera live production
master shot
cut
30. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
vocal sounds
sililoquies
fade-out
closeups
31. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
cut
medium shots
cultural representations
voiceover narration
32. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
anthology drama
staging
medium closeup
theme songs
33. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
medium closeup
cross-cutting
perspective
offscreen space
34. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
cross-cutting
staging
instant replay
offscreen space
35. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
democratic regulations
flashback
sound bridge
low camera angle
36. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
master shot
camera movement: tracking
style
standard camera height
37. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
sound bridge
laugh track
focal length
stedicam
38. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
fade-out
camera movement: dolly
wipes
naturalistic
39. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
sound effects
vocal sounds
telephoto lenses
editing
40. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
laugh track
anthology drama
monologue
live-to-tape
41. Space that exists inside the frame.
cels
onscreen space
dialogue
focus
42. 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
multi- camera telefilm studio production
low camera angle
medium closeup
kinescope
43. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
cross-fades
screen direction
shot/reverse shot
voiceover narration
44. When people are talking
camerawork
crane shot
vocal sounds
naturalistic
45. Establishing shot of entire scene
rhythm
master shot
Convergence Era
vocal performance
46. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
keying
cut
cultural representations
framing
47. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
ellipsis
musical montage
textual form
Realism
48. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
live-to-tape
single camera
kinescope
long take
49. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
high camera angle
ellipsis
animation
videotape
50. 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
animation
offscreen space
fade-in
shot/reverse shot