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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. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
crane shot
camera movement: tracking
two/three shot
naturalistic
2. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
laugh track
editing
medium shots
cut
3. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
framing
camera movement: tilt
crane shot
cels
4. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
rack of focus
focus
offscreen space
standard camera height
5. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
graphics
fade-out
ellipsis
flashback
6. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
offscreen space
ambient sound
hand-held
staging
7. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
chroma key
theme songs
keying
flashback
8. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
rhythm
high camera angle
video switcher
cross-fades
9. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
shot/reverse shot
screen direction
focus
hand-held
10. 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
stedicam
kinescope
Realism
presentational
11. 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
cels
sound effects
wide angle lenses
multi-camera live production
12. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
telephoto lenses
two/three shot
media technologies
anthology drama
13. Spacial relation between elements
perspective
videotape
multi- camera telefilm studio production
focus
14. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
standard camera height
textual form
videotape
Classic Network Era
15. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
medium closeup
musical montage
animation
long shots
16. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
style
monologue
laugh track
animation
17. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
dissolves
cultural representations
stedicam
medium closeup
18. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
stedicam
editing
cut
Realism
19. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
sound effects
extreme long shot
media technologies
kinescope
20. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
sililoquies
extreme long shot
split-screen
sound effects
21. When people are talking
vocal sounds
presentational
multi-camera live production
dialogue
22. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
crane shot
medium closeup
Convergence Era
camera movement: tilt
23. Establishing shot of entire scene
kinescope
diegesis
master shot
live-to-tape
24. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
media technologies
live-to-tape
focal length
environmental sound
25. 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.
Convergence Era
Multi-Channel Era
long shots
telefilms
26. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
screen direction
sound bridge
wipes
medium shots
27. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
telephoto lenses
live-to-tape
presentational
Classic Network Era
28. When camera is looking up at a character
camera movement: pan
computer generated animation
rack of focus
low camera angle
29. 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
kinescope
Multi-Channel Era
telefilms
computer generated images
30. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
live-to-tape
media technologies
dialogue
high camera angle
31. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
medium closeup
narrowcasting
kinescope
telephoto lenses
32. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
Convergence Era
canted camera angle
rack of focus
focal length
33. Motion of a given sequence
voiceover narration
speed
focus
crane shot
34. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
cross-fades
high camera angle
fade-in
standard camera height
35. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
telefilms
laugh track
theme songs
medium closeup
36. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
split-screen
telefilms
two shot west
diegesis
37. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
computer generated animation
diegesis
Convergence Era
shot/reverse shot
38. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
single camera
camera movement: dolly
two shot west
environmental sound
39. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
textual form
democratic regulations
canted camera angle
two/three shot
40. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
long shots
vocal performance
flashback
dissolves
41. 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
rack of focus
style
camera movement: tilt
anthology drama
42. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
jump cut
medium closeup
two/three shot
animation
43. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
long shots
Realism
wide angle lenses
ambient sound
44. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
musical montage
cross-cutting
graphics
keying
45. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
long shots
ambient sound
keying
telefilms
46. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
low camera angle
extreme closeup
single camera
closeups
47. Where two/three people converse in the frame
Convergence Era
cross-fades
two/three shot
presentational
48. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
voiceover narration
ambient sound
democratic regulations
dissolves
49. 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
fade-in
sililoquies
presentational
50. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
narrowcasting
long take
camera movement: pan
sound effects