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Television Vocab
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1. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
canted camera angle
speed
wide angle lenses
medium closeup
2. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
sililoquies
laugh track
videotape
cultural representations
3. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
rack of focus
crane shot
speed
media technologies
4. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
voiceover narration
cross-cutting
graphics
jump cut
5. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
rhythm
vocal performance
textual form
videotape
6. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
two shot west
staging
cels
crane shot
7. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
crane shot
ambient sound
vocal sounds
chroma key
8. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
hand-held
vocal performance
jump cut
standard camera height
9. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
closeups
single camera
camera movement: tilt
Realism
10. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
editing
camera movement: tilt
voiceover narration
musical montage
11. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
cross-cutting
vocal performance
Convergence Era
sound effects
12. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
shot/reverse shot
editing
onscreen space
vocal sounds
13. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
chroma key
telefilms
video switcher
monologue
14. 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
narrowcasting
naturalistic
high camera angle
focus
15. Spacial relation between elements
naturalistic
canted camera angle
perspective
style
16. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
Realism
extreme closeup
long take
Classic Network Era
17. 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.
diegesis
medium closeup
high camera angle
Multi-Channel Era
18. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
shot/reverse shot
Convergence Era
media technologies
cut
19. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
onscreen space
fade-out
narrowcasting
two shot west
20. Allows and isolated detail - object - or body part to fill the screen. commonly used to highlight a piece of evidence or object contributing to the narrative
extreme closeup
chroma key
ellipsis
camerawork
21. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
single camera
camera movement: tracking
camerawork
camera movement: dolly
22. Refers to the world representing in a program
dialogue
keying
diegesis
shot/reverse shot
23. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
theme songs
instant replay
video switcher
cross-cutting
24. 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
hand-held
live-to-tape
voiceover narration
25. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
computer generated images
split-screen
focus
offscreen space
26. Eye level
standard camera height
focus
kinescope
telefilms
27. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
environmental sound
graphics
two shot west
focus
28. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
environmental sound
focal length
vocal sounds
master shot
29. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
fade-in
master shot
cut
camera movement: pan
30. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
camera movement: tracking
computer generated animation
editing
sililoquies
31. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
democratic regulations
fade-in
laugh track
cultural representations
32. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
music
rack of focus
camera movement: tracking
ambient sound
33. 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
score
Convergence Era
telefilms
anthology drama
34. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
staging
crane shot
offscreen space
sound bridge
35. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
graphics
canted camera angle
camerawork
crane shot
36. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
naturalistic
telephoto lenses
flashback
environmental sound
37. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
extreme long shot
ambient sound
camera movement: tilt
textual form
38. Where two/three people converse in the frame
shot/reverse shot
graphics
monologue
two/three shot
39. 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
low camera angle
wide angle lenses
multi-camera live production
keying
40. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
staging
camerawork
live-to-tape
sound bridge
41. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
video switcher
medium shots
narrowcasting
hand-held
42. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
onscreen space
music
two shot west
ellipsis
43. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
ellipsis
wide angle lenses
cross-cutting
framing
44. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
editing
textual form
medium shots
kinescope
45. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
video switcher
cels
sililoquies
keying
46. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
rack of focus
focal length
two/three shot
score
47. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
cross-cutting
onscreen space
extreme closeup
focus
48. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
stedicam
voiceover narration
Realism
vocal sounds
49. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
camera movement: tilt
ambient sound
dissolves
vocal sounds
50. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
camera movement: tracking
cross-fades
naturalistic
narrowcasting
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