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Television Vocab

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Refers to the world representing in a program






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






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






9. 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






10. Targets media to specific segments of the audience






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






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






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






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






15. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject






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






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






18. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic






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






20. Where two/three people converse in the frame






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






22. When camera is looking up at a character






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






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






25. Space that exists inside the frame.






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






27. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action






28. Images are created and animated digitally






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






30. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming






31. 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






32. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC






33. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry






34. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression






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






36. Diegetic - and non-diegetic






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






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






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






40. The entire visual world is created non-photographically






41. Eye level






42. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states






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






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







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