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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 musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
two/three shot
voiceover narration
camera movement: tilt
score
2. Eye level
standard camera height
high camera angle
democratic regulations
computer generated images
3. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
camera movement: pan
monologue
low camera angle
master shot
4. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
multi-camera live production
wipes
canted camera angle
low camera angle
5. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
musical montage
anthology drama
camera movement: pan
long shots
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.
sound bridge
standard camera height
Multi-Channel Era
keying
7. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
high camera angle
camera movement: dolly
Realism
medium closeup
8. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
live-to-tape
medium shots
instant replay
two/three shot
9. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
telephoto lenses
anthology drama
cels
music
10. Space that exists inside the frame.
cross-cutting
onscreen space
laugh track
voiceover narration
11. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
editing
long shots
canted camera angle
graphics
12. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
medium shots
framing
crane shot
master shot
13. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
live-to-tape
anthology drama
staging
environmental sound
14. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
keying
medium closeup
videotape
master shot
15. 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
offscreen space
extreme long shot
narrowcasting
standard camera height
16. The technique that captures that image for viewers
Classic Network Era
camerawork
canted camera angle
presentational
17. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
cross-fades
multi- camera telefilm studio production
fade-out
rack of focus
18. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
video switcher
cut
monologue
master shot
19. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
narrowcasting
media technologies
style
voiceover narration
20. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
vocal performance
dialogue
vocal sounds
cross-fades
21. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
speed
animation
telephoto lenses
master shot
22. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
closeups
shot/reverse shot
democratic regulations
single camera
23. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
canted camera angle
camera movement: dolly
master shot
keying
24. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
textual form
jump cut
extreme long shot
musical montage
25. Motion of a given sequence
medium shots
speed
hand-held
live-to-tape
26. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
camera movement: dolly
onscreen space
rack of focus
editing
27. 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
theme songs
sound bridge
focus
28. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
presentational
sound effects
media technologies
animation
29. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
focus
chroma key
graphics
animation
30. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
sound bridge
Classic Network Era
Realism
fade-in
31. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
multi-camera live production
high camera angle
crane shot
rack of focus
32. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
camera movement: dolly
dialogue
flashback
camera movement: tilt
33. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
voiceover narration
wipes
sound bridge
diegesis
34. When camera is looking up at a character
theme songs
editing
music
low camera angle
35. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
crane shot
stedicam
closeups
media technologies
36. 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
camera movement: tracking
multi- camera telefilm studio production
kinescope
vocal performance
37. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
graphics
Convergence Era
video switcher
dialogue
38. 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
canted camera angle
shot/reverse shot
multi- camera telefilm studio production
crane shot
39. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
diegesis
cultural representations
media technologies
flashback
40. A particular character's sound
editing
vocal performance
camera movement: tilt
cels
41. 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
focal length
rack of focus
naturalistic
narrowcasting
42. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
sound bridge
laugh track
telefilms
wipes
43. Refers to the world representing in a program
diegesis
cels
fade-in
laugh track
44. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
master shot
extreme long shot
computer generated animation
focal length
45. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
cross-cutting
high camera angle
music
style
46. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
two shot west
sound bridge
vocal performance
medium closeup
47. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
two shot west
single camera
chroma key
cultural representations
48. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
theme songs
videotape
ambient sound
fade-in
49. When people are talking
flashback
textual form
stedicam
vocal sounds
50. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
medium shots
low camera angle
focus
split-screen