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Television Vocab
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
keying
sound bridge
presentational
extreme closeup
2. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
voiceover narration
flashback
fade-out
laugh track
3. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
medium shots
instant replay
rhythm
screen direction
4. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
ambient sound
diegesis
video switcher
crane shot
5. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
offscreen space
jump cut
cultural representations
fade-out
6. Diegetic - and non-diegetic
screen direction
shot/reverse shot
music
cross-fades
7. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
ellipsis
editing
perspective
camera movement: pan
8. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
Realism
environmental sound
sililoquies
medium closeup
9. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
cut
camera movement: pan
style
medium shots
10. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
editing
cels
cross-fades
cultural representations
11. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
environmental sound
democratic regulations
crane shot
music
12. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
closeups
computer generated animation
canted camera angle
long shots
13. 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
anthology drama
keying
sound bridge
long take
14. Space that exists inside the frame.
onscreen space
video switcher
framing
camerawork
15. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
crane shot
rhythm
camera movement: tilt
diegesis
16. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
kinescope
instant replay
monologue
chroma key
17. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
monologue
extreme closeup
environmental sound
camera movement: tilt
18. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
media technologies
hand-held
closeups
computer generated animation
19. When camera is looking down at a character
multi-camera live production
graphics
high camera angle
presentational
20. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
wipes
hand-held
two shot west
high camera angle
21. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
media technologies
focus
multi-camera live production
keying
22. Refers to the world representing in a program
diegesis
screen direction
speed
keying
23. 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
focal length
score
kinescope
flashback
24. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
live-to-tape
anthology drama
animation
editing
25. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
framing
democratic regulations
theme songs
chroma key
26. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
cels
kinescope
focal length
long take
27. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
dissolves
live-to-tape
vocal performance
narrowcasting
28. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
Classic Network Era
musical montage
textual form
focal length
29. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
dissolves
computer generated images
textual form
Classic Network Era
30. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
music
fade-in
wide angle lenses
master shot
31. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
screen direction
shot/reverse shot
medium closeup
single camera
32. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
staging
videotape
telefilms
computer generated images
33. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
medium closeup
score
camera movement: tracking
video switcher
34. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
presentational
camera movement: tracking
anthology drama
speed
35. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
wipes
hand-held
democratic regulations
multi-camera live production
36. 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.
video switcher
Classic Network Era
staging
Multi-Channel Era
37. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
style
medium closeup
master shot
rack of focus
38. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
vocal sounds
fade-out
perspective
single camera
39. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
cels
animation
rack of focus
Classic Network Era
40. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
flashback
hand-held
ambient sound
environmental sound
41. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
textual form
camera movement: tilt
style
single camera
42. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
camera movement: pan
master shot
music
long take
43. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
onscreen space
dissolves
two/three shot
kinescope
44. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
dialogue
single camera
Convergence Era
computer generated animation
45. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
cels
instant replay
screen direction
ellipsis
46. Eye level
standard camera height
instant replay
Convergence Era
stedicam
47. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
sound bridge
kinescope
jump cut
cultural representations
48. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
graphics
narrowcasting
jump cut
textual form
49. Images are created and animated digitally
sound bridge
computer generated animation
editing
monologue
50. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
single camera
extreme closeup
camera movement: tracking
theme songs