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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
theme songs
camera movement: tilt
textual form
rack of focus
2. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
dissolves
onscreen space
camera movement: tracking
live-to-tape
3. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
two shot west
split-screen
kinescope
perspective
4. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
screen direction
instant replay
focal length
ambient sound
5. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
music
textual form
rack of focus
style
6. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
musical montage
style
focal length
low camera angle
7. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
cross-cutting
laugh track
focal length
offscreen space
8. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
camera movement: dolly
keying
wipes
vocal sounds
9. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
computer generated animation
Classic Network Era
dissolves
jump cut
10. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
low camera angle
musical montage
hand-held
sound effects
11. Space that exists inside the frame.
camera movement: pan
chroma key
onscreen space
dissolves
12. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
flashback
style
music
medium closeup
13. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
live-to-tape
standard camera height
fade-out
two shot west
14. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
camera movement: dolly
presentational
ellipsis
sound effects
15. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
onscreen space
wide angle lenses
cross-fades
video switcher
16. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
focus
score
media technologies
single camera
17. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
cultural representations
staging
score
diegesis
18. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
stedicam
fade-in
naturalistic
Classic Network Era
19. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
naturalistic
medium closeup
kinescope
flashback
20. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
naturalistic
voiceover narration
ambient sound
kinescope
21. When camera is looking up at a character
camera movement: tilt
low camera angle
ellipsis
videotape
22. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
video switcher
dialogue
Convergence Era
split-screen
23. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
Multi-Channel Era
two shot west
Classic Network Era
onscreen space
24. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
camera movement: dolly
democratic regulations
two/three shot
cels
25. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
camera movement: tilt
extreme long shot
dialogue
hand-held
26. 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
ellipsis
focal length
multi- camera telefilm studio production
telefilms
27. Eye level
standard camera height
wipes
screen direction
dissolves
28. When camera is looking down at a character
laugh track
high camera angle
Multi-Channel Era
vocal performance
29. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
two shot west
camera movement: dolly
environmental sound
Convergence Era
30. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
wide angle lenses
sound bridge
video switcher
medium shots
31. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
musical montage
crane shot
laugh track
cultural representations
32. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
live-to-tape
telefilms
video switcher
flashback
33. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
low camera angle
long shots
single camera
staging
34. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
shot/reverse shot
sound bridge
extreme closeup
media technologies
35. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
focus
canted camera angle
naturalistic
Classic Network Era
36. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
cut
editing
Multi-Channel Era
extreme closeup
37. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
vocal sounds
medium shots
master shot
Realism
38. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
theme songs
jump cut
graphics
presentational
39. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
ambient sound
cut
speed
telephoto lenses
40. Spacial relation between elements
editing
low camera angle
perspective
sound effects
41. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
extreme long shot
cross-fades
camera movement: pan
camera movement: dolly
42. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
cultural representations
voiceover narration
computer generated animation
dialogue
43. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
master shot
camera movement: dolly
animation
dissolves
44. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
medium shots
Classic Network Era
textual form
telephoto lenses
45. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
cross-cutting
focal length
medium shots
framing
46. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
hand-held
video switcher
telefilms
democratic regulations
47. Motion of a given sequence
environmental sound
crane shot
speed
fade-in
48. When people are talking
media technologies
chroma key
vocal sounds
offscreen space
49. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
score
graphics
wipes
staging
50. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
dialogue
closeups
canted camera angle
long shots