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Television Vocab
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journalism-and-media
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1. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
split-screen
focal length
musical montage
two shot west
2. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
rack of focus
narrowcasting
staging
cross-cutting
3. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
media technologies
cut
rhythm
canted camera angle
4. Refers to the world representing in a program
diegesis
Realism
kinescope
anthology drama
5. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
computer generated animation
staging
camera movement: tracking
fade-in
6. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
cut
monologue
standard camera height
medium shots
7. 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
cut
medium shots
naturalistic
cross-cutting
8. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
musical montage
dialogue
fade-in
extreme closeup
9. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
Convergence Era
standard camera height
closeups
fade-in
10. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
camerawork
narrowcasting
cross-fades
standard camera height
11. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
shot/reverse shot
master shot
vocal performance
sound bridge
12. When camera is looking down at a character
high camera angle
instant replay
dissolves
ambient sound
13. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
live-to-tape
cels
shot/reverse shot
offscreen space
14. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
sound effects
ambient sound
cultural representations
rhythm
15. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
musical montage
cross-fades
chroma key
vocal performance
16. 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
laugh track
two/three shot
closeups
presentational
17. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
instant replay
keying
videotape
two/three shot
18. Space that exists inside the frame.
graphics
onscreen space
fade-in
rhythm
19. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
high camera angle
live-to-tape
animation
musical montage
20. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
single camera
onscreen space
Convergence Era
textual form
21. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
shot/reverse shot
focal length
Realism
framing
22. Where two/three people converse in the frame
presentational
Convergence Era
two/three shot
single camera
23. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions
keying
sound effects
media technologies
Convergence Era
24. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
democratic regulations
rhythm
laugh track
master shot
25. The technique that captures that image for viewers
focus
camerawork
onscreen space
style
26. 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
score
cut
offscreen space
textual form
27. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
laugh track
long shots
computer generated images
sound bridge
28. 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
anthology drama
democratic regulations
presentational
sound bridge
29. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
narrowcasting
instant replay
cross-cutting
focal length
30. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
monologue
framing
computer generated animation
videotape
31. Spacial relation between elements
perspective
fade-in
medium shots
editing
32. Establishing shot of entire scene
offscreen space
screen direction
animation
master shot
33. 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
framing
camera movement: dolly
jump cut
kinescope
34. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
speed
focus
camera movement: pan
editing
35. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
voiceover narration
medium closeup
cut
staging
36. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
dialogue
graphics
canted camera angle
telefilms
37. Images are created and animated digitally
flashback
computer generated animation
editing
instant replay
38. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
live-to-tape
single camera
two/three shot
sound effects
39. 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
style
chroma key
onscreen space
telefilms
40. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
naturalistic
camera movement: dolly
sililoquies
Multi-Channel Era
41. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
musical montage
master shot
camera movement: tracking
voiceover narration
42. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
low camera angle
Realism
camera movement: pan
jump cut
43. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
standard camera height
ellipsis
presentational
Convergence Era
44. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
focal length
graphics
onscreen space
style
45. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
flashback
onscreen space
camera movement: dolly
long take
46. 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
dialogue
environmental sound
Classic Network Era
multi- camera telefilm studio production
47. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
speed
anthology drama
standard camera height
videotape
48. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
media technologies
video switcher
Convergence Era
environmental sound
49. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
chroma key
medium closeup
environmental sound
extreme long shot
50. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
framing
camera movement: dolly
chroma key
fade-in