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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. Videotape allowed individual camera angles to be replayed in slow motion-- allowed for the growth of football
instant replay
offscreen space
ellipsis
Convergence Era
2. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
framing
cultural representations
hand-held
wipes
3. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
medium shots
closeups
long shots
low camera angle
4. 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
naturalistic
Convergence Era
diegesis
keying
5. Where two/three people converse in the frame
Classic Network Era
chroma key
two/three shot
wipes
6. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
wipes
presentational
theme songs
fade-in
7. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry
focus
dialogue
rhythm
rack of focus
8. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus
anthology drama
single camera
live-to-tape
rack of focus
9. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
monologue
camera movement: tracking
two/three shot
live-to-tape
10. Spacial relation between elements
fade-out
perspective
sililoquies
canted camera angle
11. 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
instant replay
dialogue
telefilms
keying
12. When camera is looking down at a character
high camera angle
telefilms
narrowcasting
theme songs
13. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
textual form
camera movement: pan
cross-fades
Realism
14. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
Convergence Era
live-to-tape
chroma key
sililoquies
15. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
medium shots
onscreen space
cut
extreme long shot
16. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
instant replay
vocal sounds
graphics
naturalistic
17. 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
naturalistic
media technologies
style
18. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
laugh track
anthology drama
perspective
dissolves
19. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
anthology drama
musical montage
telefilms
staging
20. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging
standard camera height
screen direction
framing
music
21. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
telephoto lenses
cross-fades
cut
standard camera height
22. Diegetic - and non-diegetic
single camera
telephoto lenses
canted camera angle
music
23. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
long take
sound effects
keying
narrowcasting
24. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
crane shot
split-screen
Multi-Channel Era
keying
25. Eye level
standard camera height
computer generated images
framing
presentational
26. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
instant replay
videotape
staging
ellipsis
27. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
closeups
sound bridge
stedicam
two shot west
28. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
split-screen
fade-out
long take
two shot west
29. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
camera movement: tilt
computer generated images
environmental sound
multi-camera live production
30. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.
high camera angle
dialogue
instant replay
Convergence Era
31. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
laugh track
democratic regulations
telephoto lenses
live-to-tape
32. 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
low camera angle
media technologies
anthology drama
cultural representations
33. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)
stedicam
camera movement: dolly
computer generated animation
theme songs
34. Action to black. common when cutting to commercial breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
Convergence Era
fade-out
sound effects
medium shots
35. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres
textual form
cels
camera movement: tilt
hand-held
36. Moving backwards in time to provide earlier story information or reflect on past events
jump cut
flashback
computer generated images
canted camera angle
37. Audio and video in an edits are staggered: the next's scenes sound is heard before cutting to the shot
rhythm
cross-cutting
staging
sound bridge
38. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
rack of focus
two shot west
dissolves
Multi-Channel Era
39. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
jump cut
focal length
videotape
speed
40. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
screen direction
cultural representations
presentational
anthology drama
41. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
telefilms
closeups
ellipsis
camera movement: dolly
42. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
style
camera movement: dolly
canted camera angle
medium closeup
43. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
low camera angle
camerawork
canted camera angle
telephoto lenses
44. Cutting to a sequence occurring simultaneous in another location. creates suspense or thematic parallels
cross-cutting
camera movement: tracking
hand-held
Classic Network Era
45. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
animation
camera movement: tilt
Realism
single camera
46. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
live-to-tape
perspective
crane shot
vocal sounds
47. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences
medium closeup
cross-fades
sound bridge
extreme closeup
48. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats
rhythm
single camera
offscreen space
onscreen space
49. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
two shot west
voiceover narration
wipes
Multi-Channel Era
50. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
telephoto lenses
graphics
crane shot
rack of focus