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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. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
wide angle lenses
dissolves
multi-camera live production
camera movement: dolly
2. 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
telefilms
democratic regulations
camera movement: tracking
kinescope
3. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
telefilms
sound bridge
Classic Network Era
camera movement: dolly
4. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
environmental sound
textual form
dialogue
computer generated animation
5. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
long shots
high camera angle
videotape
computer generated images
6. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
monologue
onscreen space
master shot
laugh track
7. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
camera movement: pan
multi-camera live production
onscreen space
cultural representations
8. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
staging
voiceover narration
stedicam
cross-fades
9. Diegetic - and non-diegetic
music
video switcher
onscreen space
screen direction
10. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
environmental sound
camera movement: tracking
textual form
long shots
11. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
democratic regulations
multi-camera live production
sililoquies
hand-held
12. When camera is looking up at a character
telephoto lenses
editing
low camera angle
rhythm
13. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
Realism
musical montage
stedicam
Classic Network Era
14. Space that exists inside the frame.
master shot
onscreen space
framing
chroma key
15. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
wide angle lenses
dissolves
narrowcasting
naturalistic
16. 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
theme songs
onscreen space
computer generated animation
naturalistic
17. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
sound effects
split-screen
video switcher
stedicam
18. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
framing
animation
sound bridge
camera movement: dolly
19. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
diegesis
democratic regulations
laugh track
canted camera angle
20. Spacial relation between elements
sililoquies
perspective
naturalistic
cultural representations
21. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
wide angle lenses
speed
laugh track
videotape
22. 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
voiceover narration
extreme closeup
canted camera angle
long take
23. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
camera movement: tilt
instant replay
focal length
shot/reverse shot
24. Establishing shot of entire scene
music
cut
master shot
cultural representations
25. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
wide angle lenses
camerawork
Classic Network Era
ellipsis
26. Refers to the world representing in a program
Realism
diegesis
sound bridge
Convergence Era
27. 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
long shots
kinescope
shot/reverse shot
Classic Network Era
28. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
kinescope
hand-held
rhythm
framing
29. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
camera movement: dolly
two/three shot
long take
camerawork
30. Motion of a given sequence
speed
cels
staging
two/three shot
31. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
medium closeup
cels
musical montage
flashback
32. Eye level
standard camera height
framing
camerawork
shot/reverse shot
33. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
video switcher
cut
rhythm
graphics
34. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
dialogue
ellipsis
graphics
medium shots
35. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
rack of focus
cultural representations
cross-cutting
presentational
36. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
animation
video switcher
Convergence Era
democratic regulations
37. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
cels
textual form
telefilms
perspective
38. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
medium shots
sililoquies
canted camera angle
cels
39. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
closeups
presentational
shot/reverse shot
editing
40. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
dialogue
focus
computer generated animation
stedicam
41. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
standard camera height
canted camera angle
chroma key
medium closeup
42. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
monologue
theme songs
closeups
onscreen space
43. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
presentational
stedicam
telephoto lenses
shot/reverse shot
44. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
sound effects
live-to-tape
fade-out
chroma key
45. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
shot/reverse shot
flashback
fade-out
rhythm
46. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
environmental sound
anthology drama
dissolves
cultural representations
47. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
dialogue
democratic regulations
cultural representations
hand-held
48. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
theme songs
onscreen space
animation
monologue
49. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
camera movement: tilt
wide angle lenses
rack of focus
anthology drama
50. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
crane shot
presentational
standard camera height
camera movement: tracking