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Television Vocab

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1. 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






2. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment






3. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Motion of a given sequence






9. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)






10. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously






11. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive






12. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Targets media to specific segments of the audience






18. 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






19. When people are talking






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






21. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic






22. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order






23. Where two/three people converse in the frame






24. When camera is looking down at a character






25. 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






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






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






28. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene






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






30. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable






31. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging






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






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






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






35. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences






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






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






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






39. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action






40. Images are created and animated digitally






41. Diegetic - and non-diegetic






42. Spacial relation between elements






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






44. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space






45. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective






46. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic






47. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space






48. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression






49. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot






50. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response






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