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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. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
laugh track
offscreen space
environmental sound
long shots
2. When people are talking
vocal performance
high camera angle
vocal sounds
stedicam
3. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
staging
focal length
multi-camera live production
instant replay
4. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
dialogue
vocal performance
telephoto lenses
hand-held
5. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
split-screen
kinescope
vocal sounds
computer generated images
6. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
screen direction
vocal performance
wide angle lenses
canted camera angle
7. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
democratic regulations
media technologies
graphics
ellipsis
8. A particular character's sound
cultural representations
vocal performance
long shots
media technologies
9. 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
chroma key
presentational
high camera angle
camera movement: tilt
10. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
Realism
crane shot
ellipsis
dissolves
11. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
ellipsis
focus
cut
computer generated animation
12. The technique that captures that image for viewers
sound effects
shot/reverse shot
camerawork
vocal sounds
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
two/three shot
anthology drama
Multi-Channel Era
videotape
14. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
telephoto lenses
voiceover narration
laugh track
Convergence Era
15. 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
fade-out
kinescope
dissolves
sound effects
16. Motion of a given sequence
theme songs
speed
jump cut
anthology drama
17. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
videotape
closeups
cultural representations
extreme long shot
18. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
live-to-tape
ellipsis
hand-held
video switcher
19. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
vocal sounds
fade-out
musical montage
environmental sound
20. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
two/three shot
staging
framing
multi-camera live production
21. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
camera movement: dolly
environmental sound
flashback
long shots
22. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
camerawork
wipes
graphics
long shots
23. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
videotape
narrowcasting
camerawork
cut
24. 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
democratic regulations
ellipsis
wipes
telefilms
25. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
monologue
camera movement: dolly
jump cut
screen direction
26. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
multi-camera live production
presentational
textual form
single camera
27. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
focal length
cross-cutting
staging
ambient sound
28. Spacial relation between elements
diegesis
perspective
staging
style
29. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
Realism
ambient sound
sound bridge
telephoto lenses
30. Refers to the world representing in a program
diegesis
instant replay
computer generated images
perspective
31. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
Realism
camera movement: tilt
framing
naturalistic
32. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
narrowcasting
flashback
extreme closeup
sound effects
33. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
textual form
editing
two shot west
laugh track
34. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
staging
focal length
focus
sound bridge
35. 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
style
wipes
36. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
narrowcasting
staging
closeups
live-to-tape
37. 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
presentational
offscreen space
medium shots
environmental sound
38. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
fade-in
hand-held
telephoto lenses
single camera
39. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
master shot
chroma key
medium shots
monologue
40. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
stedicam
extreme long shot
camera movement: dolly
Realism
41. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
sililoquies
wide angle lenses
onscreen space
cross-fades
42. 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
multi-camera live production
videotape
telephoto lenses
live-to-tape
43. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
cultural representations
sound bridge
narrowcasting
telefilms
44. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
democratic regulations
cross-fades
Realism
dialogue
45. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
medium shots
chroma key
high camera angle
environmental sound
46. Where two/three people converse in the frame
camera movement: tracking
two/three shot
sound effects
low camera angle
47. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
vocal sounds
videotape
canted camera angle
camera movement: dolly
48. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
fade-out
hand-held
camera movement: pan
offscreen space
49. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
master shot
screen direction
wipes
narrowcasting
50. 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.
monologue
Multi-Channel Era
standard camera height
editing