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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. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
sound bridge
medium shots
extreme closeup
cels
2. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
sound effects
wipes
vocal sounds
vocal performance
3. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
voiceover narration
onscreen space
crane shot
rhythm
4. Motion of a given sequence
cut
voiceover narration
canted camera angle
speed
5. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
fade-out
score
cross-fades
voiceover narration
6. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
telephoto lenses
dissolves
laugh track
extreme long shot
7. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
camera movement: tracking
ellipsis
naturalistic
screen direction
8. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
videotape
long take
cross-fades
telephoto lenses
9. 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
camera movement: tilt
animation
naturalistic
diegesis
10. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
score
laugh track
sililoquies
single camera
11. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
shot/reverse shot
animation
split-screen
sound effects
12. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
live-to-tape
focus
media technologies
camera movement: tilt
13. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
diegesis
focal length
style
ambient sound
14. 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
score
fade-in
rhythm
presentational
15. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
hand-held
ambient sound
anthology drama
two/three shot
16. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
editing
dissolves
stedicam
camera movement: pan
17. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
style
textual form
two shot west
shot/reverse shot
18. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
graphics
camera movement: pan
closeups
long shots
19. Where two/three people converse in the frame
wide angle lenses
two shot west
textual form
two/three shot
20. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
rack of focus
narrowcasting
naturalistic
extreme closeup
21. 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
laugh track
multi- camera telefilm studio production
Multi-Channel Era
standard camera height
22. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
jump cut
focus
score
framing
23. Space that exists inside the frame.
cut
fade-out
onscreen space
telefilms
24. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
cut
keying
single camera
music
25. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
long take
two shot west
graphics
rhythm
26. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
Classic Network Era
computer generated images
stedicam
focal length
27. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
keying
camerawork
instant replay
medium closeup
28. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
stedicam
dialogue
theme songs
camera movement: pan
29. 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
sound bridge
camerawork
anthology drama
30. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
flashback
camera movement: tracking
camera movement: tilt
environmental sound
31. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
graphics
ellipsis
sound effects
computer generated animation
32. When camera is looking down at a character
flashback
high camera angle
onscreen space
standard camera height
33. When people are talking
anthology drama
perspective
closeups
vocal sounds
34. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
perspective
videotape
monologue
democratic regulations
35. 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
staging
cultural representations
offscreen space
live-to-tape
36. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
telefilms
cut
long take
wipes
37. The technique that captures that image for viewers
media technologies
focus
wide angle lenses
camerawork
38. When camera is looking up at a character
cels
low camera angle
canted camera angle
long take
39. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
dialogue
Convergence Era
sound effects
live-to-tape
40. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
rack of focus
cultural representations
closeups
Convergence Era
41. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
sililoquies
chroma key
laugh track
master shot
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
rhythm
two/three shot
score
43. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
theme songs
diegesis
multi- camera telefilm studio production
videotape
44. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
closeups
media technologies
Realism
Classic Network Era
45. Refers to the world representing in a program
sililoquies
low camera angle
canted camera angle
diegesis
46. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
offscreen space
Multi-Channel Era
graphics
wide angle lenses
47. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
two/three shot
single camera
stedicam
jump cut
48. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
two/three shot
graphics
two shot west
narrowcasting
49. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
wipes
two/three shot
canted camera angle
master shot
50. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
Classic Network Era
shot/reverse shot
fade-in
videotape