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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. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
wipes
telefilms
musical montage
computer generated images
2. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
camera movement: pan
jump cut
framing
medium shots
3. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
narrowcasting
high camera angle
camera movement: tracking
media technologies
4. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
camera movement: tracking
chroma key
cels
animation
5. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
sililoquies
shot/reverse shot
medium closeup
chroma key
6. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
onscreen space
staging
Classic Network Era
musical montage
7. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
cross-fades
perspective
focus
sound bridge
8. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics
video switcher
telefilms
kinescope
cultural representations
9. 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
offscreen space
Multi-Channel Era
chroma key
focus
10. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
extreme long shot
multi- camera telefilm studio production
score
master shot
11. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
cross-fades
multi-camera live production
instant replay
long shots
12. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
music
hand-held
textual form
chroma key
13. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
speed
Convergence Era
dialogue
staging
14. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
democratic regulations
offscreen space
stedicam
chroma key
15. When people are talking
vocal sounds
sililoquies
camera movement: dolly
musical montage
16. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
flashback
closeups
animation
Multi-Channel Era
17. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
cultural representations
presentational
wide angle lenses
medium closeup
18. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
crane shot
extreme closeup
telefilms
long take
19. Images are created and animated digitally
computer generated animation
speed
long shots
multi-camera live production
20. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
videotape
animation
democratic regulations
vocal performance
21. 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
focal length
framing
sound effects
extreme closeup
22. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
extreme long shot
style
rhythm
dissolves
23. A particular character's sound
extreme closeup
medium shots
musical montage
vocal performance
24. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
graphics
narrowcasting
camera movement: tracking
stedicam
25. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
camera movement: tilt
two shot west
Multi-Channel Era
fade-in
26. When camera is looking up at a character
camera movement: tilt
framing
telephoto lenses
low camera angle
27. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
fade-in
score
computer generated images
stedicam
28. Where two/three people converse in the frame
staging
two/three shot
presentational
onscreen space
29. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable
jump cut
anthology drama
editing
medium shots
30. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
cut
sililoquies
vocal performance
long shots
31. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
videotape
theme songs
shot/reverse shot
monologue
32. Refers to the world representing in a program
master shot
onscreen space
diegesis
ellipsis
33. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
camerawork
focal length
monologue
onscreen space
34. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
telephoto lenses
closeups
long take
animation
35. 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
camera movement: tracking
style
flashback
anthology drama
36. 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
two/three shot
democratic regulations
music
multi-camera live production
37. The technique that captures that image for viewers
camerawork
multi-camera live production
theme songs
laugh track
38. 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.
live-to-tape
medium shots
split-screen
Multi-Channel Era
39. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
long take
cels
jump cut
democratic regulations
40. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
camera movement: pan
telephoto lenses
Multi-Channel Era
kinescope
41. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
medium closeup
fade-in
voiceover narration
textual form
42. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
two shot west
crane shot
diegesis
fade-in
43. Spacial relation between elements
perspective
multi-camera live production
long take
anthology drama
44. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
cels
extreme long shot
vocal sounds
camera movement: tracking
45. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
long shots
fade-out
multi-camera live production
ambient sound
46. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
staging
computer generated animation
Realism
Multi-Channel Era
47. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
telephoto lenses
camera movement: tilt
high camera angle
long shots
48. Targets media to specific segments of the audience
laugh track
fade-in
music
narrowcasting
49. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
music
sound effects
environmental sound
Convergence Era
50. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
chroma key
framing
telefilms
score