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Television Vocab

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1. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject






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






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






4. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions






5. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions






6. When camera is looking down at a character






7. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging






8. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus






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






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






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






12. Space that exists inside the frame.






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






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






15. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions






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






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






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






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






20. When people are talking






21. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot






22. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC






23. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states






24. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue






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






27. The entire visual world is created non-photographically






28. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot






29. Eye level






30. 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






31. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats






32. Spacial relation between elements






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






34. The technique that captures that image for viewers






35. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality






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






37. 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






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






39. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques






40. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels






41. 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






42. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context






43. 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






44. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.






45. 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






46. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic






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






48. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -






49. Establishing shot of entire scene






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