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Television Vocab

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1. When people are talking






2. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes






3. Graphically generated visuals are placed atop a video image. ex: credits or captions






4. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression






5. The technique that captures that image for viewers






6. Images are created and animated digitally






7. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context






8. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting






9. Targets media to specific segments of the audience






10. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states






11. Refers to the world representing in a program






12. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting






13. Includes a range of technologies such as TV - internet - video games. Provided and even wider range of video-based technologies.






14. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive






15. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive






16. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot






17. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques






18. Puts shots together into a larger program. appears almost unnoticeable






19. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot






20. Spacial relation between elements






21. When camera is looking down at a character






22. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry






23. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast






24. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject






25. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right






26. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption






27. 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






28. 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






29. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic






30. Live - filmed - in-studio - on-location. form is linked to specific genres






31. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions






32. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic






33. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective






34. Part of the continuity system - create a naturalistic sense of seamless flow between sequences






35. 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






36. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism






37. Represent the program as a whole. become part of the identity (iconic)






38. Determines which cameras will be broadcast - transitions in between shots - added graphics






39. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space






40. Pacing edits can provide counterpoint to the music's beats






41. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance






42. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location






43. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging






44. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space






45. Where two/three people converse in the frame






46. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions






47. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor






48. 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






49. A particular character's sound






50. 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