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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. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
standard camera height
wide angle lenses
narrowcasting
long shots
2. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
democratic regulations
environmental sound
long take
jump cut
3. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
video switcher
high camera angle
perspective
camera movement: tilt
4. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
focal length
democratic regulations
cross-cutting
standard camera height
5. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
laugh track
sound bridge
cross-cutting
Multi-Channel Era
6. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
long take
screen direction
split-screen
long shots
7. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
long take
multi-camera live production
extreme closeup
sililoquies
8. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
closeups
media technologies
anthology drama
camera movement: pan
9. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
wipes
diegesis
stedicam
extreme long shot
10. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
sound bridge
anthology drama
laugh track
Convergence Era
11. 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
computer generated images
multi- camera telefilm studio production
Convergence Era
extreme long shot
12. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
medium closeup
score
sililoquies
offscreen space
13. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
Classic Network Era
camera movement: tilt
diegesis
score
14. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
dialogue
textual form
ellipsis
laugh track
15. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
long shots
democratic regulations
single camera
score
16. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
multi-camera live production
rack of focus
fade-in
graphics
17. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
perspective
stedicam
wipes
kinescope
18. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
flashback
instant replay
rack of focus
closeups
19. Space that exists inside the frame.
camera movement: tilt
onscreen space
theme songs
score
20. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
stedicam
style
sound effects
voiceover narration
21. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
media technologies
multi-camera live production
shot/reverse shot
rack of focus
22. 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
fade-out
instant replay
anthology drama
video switcher
23. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
chroma key
onscreen space
extreme closeup
sililoquies
24. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
split-screen
democratic regulations
telephoto lenses
speed
25. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
camera movement: pan
crane shot
speed
camera movement: dolly
26. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
perspective
framing
monologue
chroma key
27. Spacial relation between elements
camerawork
editing
extreme closeup
perspective
28. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
fade-out
cross-cutting
graphics
camera movement: tilt
29. 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
diegesis
camera movement: tracking
medium shots
30. 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
graphics
flashback
naturalistic
wide angle lenses
31. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
theme songs
medium closeup
voiceover narration
animation
32. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
keying
screen direction
ambient sound
telephoto lenses
33. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
low camera angle
kinescope
rhythm
presentational
34. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
ellipsis
extreme closeup
multi- camera telefilm studio production
cut
35. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
closeups
Classic Network Era
camera movement: dolly
shot/reverse shot
36. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
crane shot
shot/reverse shot
instant replay
cels
37. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
textual form
long shots
environmental sound
presentational
38. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
split-screen
cels
jump cut
videotape
39. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
focus
camera movement: dolly
rack of focus
multi- camera telefilm studio production
40. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
dissolves
Realism
editing
shot/reverse shot
41. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
sound bridge
jump cut
narrowcasting
focus
42. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
live-to-tape
focus
instant replay
monologue
43. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
medium closeup
naturalistic
keying
dialogue
44. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
voiceover narration
high camera angle
camera movement: dolly
narrowcasting
45. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
onscreen space
cross-fades
score
jump cut
46. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
monologue
anthology drama
hand-held
chroma key
47. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
live-to-tape
anthology drama
Realism
theme songs
48. When people are talking
kinescope
vocal sounds
crane shot
presentational
49. Refers to the world representing in a program
sililoquies
music
diegesis
style
50. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
camerawork
standard camera height
video switcher
videotape