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Television Vocab
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1. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
media technologies
narrowcasting
camera movement: tilt
sound bridge
2. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
two/three shot
environmental sound
sililoquies
ellipsis
3. 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
vocal sounds
focal length
master shot
4. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
wipes
onscreen space
fade-out
musical montage
5. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment
style
crane shot
long shots
ambient sound
6. Motion of a given sequence
speed
fade-out
camerawork
low camera angle
7. 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
monologue
kinescope
diegesis
long take
8. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
narrowcasting
dialogue
ambient sound
ellipsis
9. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
stedicam
medium closeup
style
Multi-Channel Era
10. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
medium closeup
focal length
anthology drama
long take
11. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
Classic Network Era
sililoquies
anthology drama
single camera
12. 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
live-to-tape
monologue
multi-camera live production
13. 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
presentational
canted camera angle
rhythm
cels
14. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
live-to-tape
camera movement: tracking
crane shot
fade-in
15. A single shot with a lengthy duration. allows viewers to be emerged in the intense action with out disruption
closeups
long take
medium shots
offscreen space
16. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
jump cut
sound effects
camerawork
rack of focus
17. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
ambient sound
cross-fades
stedicam
camera movement: tilt
18. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
master shot
extreme long shot
single camera
long take
19. When camera is looking up at a character
video switcher
low camera angle
rhythm
extreme long shot
20. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
monologue
flashback
medium closeup
style
21. The creation or manipulation of images using non-photographic techniques
graphics
theme songs
long shots
computer generated images
22. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
focal length
animation
jump cut
media technologies
23. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
canted camera angle
dissolves
camerawork
camera movement: tilt
24. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously
long take
split-screen
cut
camera movement: tracking
25. A particular character's sound
camera movement: dolly
vocal performance
dialogue
ellipsis
26. The technique that captures that image for viewers
camerawork
ambient sound
stedicam
multi- camera telefilm studio production
27. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror
long shots
kinescope
computer generated images
offscreen space
28. Eye level
split-screen
high camera angle
multi- camera telefilm studio production
standard camera height
29. 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
stedicam
multi- camera telefilm studio production
Realism
style
30. Omitting intervening moments. used to condense time. turn a day in 30minutes
canted camera angle
ellipsis
hand-held
textual form
31. Waist up. distance allows viewers to see character's facial expressions. mimics a real life conversation. viewer doesn't feel too invasive
medium shots
textual form
camera movement: tilt
rhythm
32. When the camera is angled. provided a disorienting slant perspective
video switcher
laugh track
multi- camera telefilm studio production
canted camera angle
33. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
Classic Network Era
two/three shot
extreme long shot
rack of focus
34. 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
musical montage
dissolves
naturalistic
long shots
35. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
high camera angle
telephoto lenses
multi-camera live production
narrowcasting
36. The action is staged in front of a green screen and electronically replaced with another image. ex: weather reports
sound effects
chroma key
split-screen
video switcher
37. Space that exists inside the frame.
presentational
score
canted camera angle
onscreen space
38. When people are talking
cultural representations
vocal sounds
focal length
medium closeup
39. Establishing shot of entire scene
master shot
multi-camera live production
vocal performance
multi- camera telefilm studio production
40. Low cost of live production with the repeatability of telefilm. recorded on videotape and saved for a future broadcast
rhythm
wide angle lenses
live-to-tape
long take
41. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
medium shots
cels
two shot west
long shots
42. When camera is looking down at a character
high camera angle
rhythm
laugh track
fade-in
43. An edit where the shots do not sufficiently re-frame the action
animation
ambient sound
two shot west
jump cut
44. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
cels
offscreen space
closeups
camera movement: pan
45. Spacial relation between elements
onscreen space
wipes
telefilms
perspective
46. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
split-screen
monologue
democratic regulations
cut
47. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
screen direction
ellipsis
stedicam
kinescope
48. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression
closeups
sound effects
vocal performance
master shot
49. The musical (instrumental) soundtrack that can define a scene's mood - tone - and genre. can help determine the genre. usually original compositions
extreme closeup
fade-out
score
crane shot
50. Alternative to recording on film. 1950's - limited storage capacity and image quality
camera movement: tracking
videotape
democratic regulations
vocal sounds
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