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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. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
kinescope
computer generated animation
cultural representations
split-screen
2. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
stedicam
sililoquies
Convergence Era
two/three shot
3. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
computer generated animation
long take
musical montage
cut
4. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
Multi-Channel Era
presentational
high camera angle
camera movement: tracking
5. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
editing
medium shots
camera movement: pan
keying
6. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
two shot west
crane shot
camera movement: dolly
textual form
7. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
environmental sound
jump cut
editing
focal length
8. 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
screen direction
textual form
high camera angle
anthology drama
9. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
medium shots
video switcher
score
screen direction
10. 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
naturalistic
offscreen space
fade-in
focal length
11. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
naturalistic
sound bridge
dissolves
laugh track
12. Space that exists inside the frame.
kinescope
onscreen space
ambient sound
two/three shot
13. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
rhythm
crane shot
dissolves
jump cut
14. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
environmental sound
anthology drama
score
Realism
15. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
single camera
cross-cutting
long shots
dialogue
16. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
dialogue
live-to-tape
perspective
medium closeup
17. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
cross-fades
vocal performance
videotape
music
18. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
vocal sounds
ellipsis
anthology drama
animation
19. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
videotape
instant replay
laugh track
anthology drama
20. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
vocal sounds
computer generated images
rhythm
instant replay
21. Refers to the world representing in a program
graphics
long take
diegesis
master shot
22. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
vocal performance
long shots
sililoquies
stedicam
23. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
telefilms
media technologies
multi- camera telefilm studio production
master shot
24. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
chroma key
screen direction
jump cut
dissolves
25. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
telefilms
diegesis
hand-held
ellipsis
26. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
narrowcasting
wide angle lenses
graphics
cut
27. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
fade-out
textual form
monologue
computer generated images
28. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
extreme long shot
fade-out
canted camera angle
textual form
29. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
wipes
master shot
instant replay
Realism
30. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
extreme closeup
camera movement: pan
anthology drama
jump cut
31. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
computer generated animation
long take
multi- camera telefilm studio production
framing
32. 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
sound bridge
multi- camera telefilm studio production
long shots
textual form
33. Spacial relation between elements
perspective
hand-held
medium closeup
computer generated images
34. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
democratic regulations
camera movement: pan
onscreen space
hand-held
35. When people are talking
camera movement: tilt
diegesis
vocal sounds
flashback
36. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
cut
voiceover narration
wipes
environmental sound
37. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
camera movement: tracking
media technologies
medium closeup
music
38. 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
dissolves
offscreen space
extreme long shot
kinescope
39. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
music
cels
screen direction
cultural representations
40. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
single camera
Convergence Era
telefilms
cross-cutting
41. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
Classic Network Era
jump cut
camera movement: dolly
long shots
42. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
high camera angle
graphics
dissolves
long take
43. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
shot/reverse shot
fade-in
jump cut
animation
44. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
cross-fades
high camera angle
two shot west
shot/reverse shot
45. The technique that captures that image for viewers
naturalistic
camerawork
fade-out
narrowcasting
46. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
cut
fade-in
extreme closeup
telephoto lenses
47. 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
sililoquies
environmental sound
style
48. Where two/three people converse in the frame
videotape
textual form
video switcher
two/three shot
49. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
multi-camera live production
wide angle lenses
cross-cutting
videotape
50. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
anthology drama
laugh track
Classic Network Era
split-screen