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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. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
dissolves
live-to-tape
master shot
ellipsis
2. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
computer generated animation
cross-fades
cultural representations
offscreen space
3. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
Classic Network Era
single camera
cross-fades
onscreen space
4. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
low camera angle
editing
instant replay
camerawork
5. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
computer generated animation
media technologies
score
hand-held
6. When camera is looking down at a character
master shot
two shot west
high camera angle
screen direction
7. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
canted camera angle
ellipsis
extreme long shot
medium shots
8. 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
sililoquies
graphics
media technologies
telefilms
9. When people are talking
vocal sounds
extreme long shot
naturalistic
hand-held
10. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
score
diegesis
fade-out
wide angle lenses
11. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
textual form
fade-in
sound effects
offscreen space
12. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
rhythm
sound effects
keying
video switcher
13. Where two/three people converse in the frame
theme songs
speed
long shots
two/three shot
14. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
focus
ambient sound
live-to-tape
standard camera height
15. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
fade-out
high camera angle
narrowcasting
camera movement: pan
16. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
medium shots
Convergence Era
hand-held
high camera angle
17. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
score
closeups
multi- camera telefilm studio production
computer generated images
18. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
video switcher
cross-fades
camera movement: pan
two shot west
19. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
wipes
chroma key
long take
dissolves
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
extreme long shot
presentational
dialogue
two/three shot
21. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
crane shot
chroma key
onscreen space
camera movement: dolly
22. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
staging
vocal sounds
fade-in
style
23. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
two/three shot
animation
cut
high camera angle
24. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
Classic Network Era
Convergence Era
monologue
multi-camera live production
25. 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
textual form
Multi-Channel Era
naturalistic
camera movement: tilt
26. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
long shots
laugh track
fade-in
flashback
27. Allows and isolated detail - object - or body part to fill the screen. commonly used to highlight a piece of evidence or object contributing to the narrative
extreme closeup
camerawork
focus
kinescope
28. Establishing shot of entire scene
perspective
fade-in
wipes
master shot
29. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
narrowcasting
cels
musical montage
split-screen
30. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
screen direction
telephoto lenses
dialogue
two/three shot
31. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
theme songs
ellipsis
camerawork
score
32. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
onscreen space
laugh track
shot/reverse shot
staging
33. 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
sound bridge
Classic Network Era
crane shot
multi-camera live production
34. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
camera movement: pan
score
sound effects
Realism
35. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
stedicam
two shot west
camera movement: pan
theme songs
36. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
graphics
jump cut
master shot
medium shots
37. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
cut
video switcher
presentational
cross-cutting
38. 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
textual form
musical montage
telefilms
39. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
cross-fades
theme songs
framing
sililoquies
40. 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.
long take
camerawork
Multi-Channel Era
democratic regulations
41. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
dialogue
focal length
camera movement: dolly
rack of focus
42. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
telephoto lenses
theme songs
camera movement: pan
high camera angle
43. Motion of a given sequence
ambient sound
shot/reverse shot
medium closeup
speed
44. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
telefilms
fade-out
cels
multi-camera live production
45. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
chroma key
wipes
perspective
voiceover narration
46. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
camera movement: dolly
staging
media technologies
ellipsis
47. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
ambient sound
cels
animation
monologue
48. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
keying
media technologies
monologue
vocal performance
49. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
Convergence Era
laugh track
staging
fade-out
50. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
long shots
Convergence Era
diegesis
instant replay