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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. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
medium shots
animation
sililoquies
camera movement: tilt
2. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
speed
hand-held
canted camera angle
wipes
3. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
cultural representations
narrowcasting
instant replay
offscreen space
4. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
dissolves
standard camera height
Classic Network Era
sound effects
5. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
editing
keying
single camera
sound bridge
6. When camera is looking down at a character
cultural representations
voiceover narration
high camera angle
standard camera height
7. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
animation
Realism
cross-cutting
framing
8. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
style
cross-cutting
rack of focus
screen direction
9. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
environmental sound
musical montage
screen direction
master shot
10. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
media technologies
laugh track
Realism
ambient sound
11. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
telephoto lenses
staging
focal length
perspective
12. Space that exists inside the frame.
camera movement: tracking
vocal performance
onscreen space
keying
13. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
staging
style
extreme closeup
crane shot
14. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
cut
rhythm
instant replay
stedicam
15. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
two shot west
offscreen space
wide angle lenses
long shots
16. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
monologue
fade-in
wipes
screen direction
17. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
framing
single camera
canted camera angle
sililoquies
18. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
sound bridge
media technologies
low camera angle
computer generated animation
19. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
onscreen space
cultural representations
stedicam
camera movement: tracking
20. When people are talking
musical montage
video switcher
presentational
vocal sounds
21. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
vocal performance
perspective
onscreen space
telephoto lenses
22. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
democratic regulations
chroma key
vocal sounds
onscreen space
23. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
fade-out
sililoquies
camerawork
offscreen space
24. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
keying
Classic Network Era
shot/reverse shot
wide angle lenses
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
kinescope
musical montage
two shot west
onscreen space
26. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
camera movement: pan
fade-in
cross-cutting
environmental sound
27. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
fade-out
sound effects
animation
speed
28. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
camera movement: tilt
cels
ambient sound
ellipsis
29. Eye level
staging
multi-camera live production
standard camera height
Classic Network Era
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
camerawork
telefilms
standard camera height
multi-camera live production
31. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
Multi-Channel Era
media technologies
rhythm
vocal sounds
32. Spacial relation between elements
wipes
perspective
rhythm
framing
33. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
cross-cutting
camera movement: tracking
wipes
cut
34. The technique that captures that image for viewers
standard camera height
musical montage
computer generated animation
camerawork
35. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
video switcher
democratic regulations
focus
videotape
36. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
split-screen
cels
style
video switcher
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
wide angle lenses
two/three shot
telefilms
presentational
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
multi- camera telefilm studio production
democratic regulations
single camera
cultural representations
39. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
graphics
fade-in
voiceover narration
high camera angle
40. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
single camera
cross-cutting
Multi-Channel Era
media technologies
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
offscreen space
computer generated animation
extreme closeup
dialogue
42. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
ambient sound
canted camera angle
fade-out
style
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
dialogue
fade-in
anthology drama
flashback
44. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
monologue
Convergence Era
ambient sound
extreme closeup
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
presentational
staging
canted camera angle
anthology drama
46. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
Realism
focal length
score
single camera
47. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
cross-fades
chroma key
sound bridge
wide angle lenses
48. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
score
cels
music
Classic Network Era
49. Establishing shot of entire scene
multi-camera live production
master shot
two shot west
shot/reverse shot
50. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
sound bridge
closeups
Multi-Channel Era
chroma key