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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. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -
long take
Classic Network Era
kinescope
musical montage
2. The formal characteristics that help express meaning independently of a text's context
naturalistic
hand-held
style
telefilms
3. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion
rack of focus
democratic regulations
long shots
style
4. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order
jump cut
computer generated images
single camera
laugh track
5. Chest up. provide facial detail without feeling overtly intrusive
medium closeup
democratic regulations
Convergence Era
telephoto lenses
6. From black to action. common when retuning from breaks. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space
instant replay
canted camera angle
onscreen space
fade-in
7. Sequence is consistent. one character is always on the left - other on the right. avoids distorting
perspective
Multi-Channel Era
screen direction
dialogue
8. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded
laugh track
long shots
video switcher
single camera
9. Alters the degree of magnification and depth of an image
long shots
focal length
monologue
stedicam
10. 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
live-to-tape
extreme closeup
ellipsis
fade-in
11. Moving cameras that can wheel any direction. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space
two shot west
stedicam
camera movement: dolly
videotape
12. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`
graphics
offscreen space
dissolves
cross-fades
13. Space that exists inside the frame.
flashback
onscreen space
rack of focus
screen direction
14. Rarely has an impacts on viewers comprehension. works to convey naturalism
rhythm
environmental sound
monologue
offscreen space
15. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot
cultural representations
kinescope
wide angle lenses
medium closeup
16. Common in soaps where two people face camera in the same direction so they cant see each other's reactions
instant replay
two shot west
crane shot
computer generated animation
17. When a character is speaking to themselves to express their emotional states
perspective
sililoquies
sound effects
monologue
18. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action
camera movement: tracking
camerawork
laugh track
cut
19. Diegetic - and non-diegetic
music
medium closeup
fade-in
democratic regulations
20. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
focus
focal length
monologue
editing
21. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions
crane shot
score
sound effects
theme songs
22. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue
multi-camera live production
ambient sound
rack of focus
shot/reverse shot
23. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC
long shots
camera movement: tracking
musical montage
democratic regulations
24. Used as a transition to pull out of a scene
long shots
instant replay
crane shot
staging
25. The entire visual world is created non-photographically
animation
camera movement: pan
camera movement: tracking
dissolves
26. Based off industry's conception of how audience relate. Assert as set of ideas to unite viewers in their national identities as Americans (hegemony)
telefilms
cultural representations
narrowcasting
two/three shot
27. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic
computer generated animation
keying
cross-cutting
hand-held
28. Viewers expect content to be believable and relate to their world-- tricky b/c TV is inherently unrealistic
Convergence Era
onscreen space
Realism
fade-in
29. A particular character's sound
wipes
vocal performance
multi- camera telefilm studio production
Convergence Era
30. Mimics the motion of turning your head up or down. shows the height of the subject
camera movement: tilt
focal length
crane shot
vocal sounds
31. 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: tilt
two shot west
instant replay
anthology drama
32. Spacial relation between elements
multi-camera live production
perspective
computer generated animation
rack of focus
33. Transparent paper that animations are drawn onto and then shot
cels
telefilms
textual form
jump cut
34. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials
camera movement: dolly
media technologies
stedicam
canted camera angle
35. 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
wipes
media technologies
multi- camera telefilm studio production
anthology drama
36. 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
camera movement: pan
canted camera angle
naturalistic
stedicam
37. Refers to the world representing in a program
telefilms
split-screen
high camera angle
diegesis
38. Presents the speech of multiple people interacting
sound bridge
ellipsis
naturalistic
dialogue
39. Comprised of internal and extradiegetic
sound bridge
textual form
music
voiceover narration
40. Establishing shot of entire scene
jump cut
single camera
long shots
master shot
41. Everything that takes place in front of the camera: set. props - lighting - costume - makeup - and actor movements and performance
single camera
split-screen
staging
videotape
42. Mimics the motion of turning your head left or right
framing
camera movement: pan
perspective
sound effects
43. Where two/three people converse in the frame
multi- camera telefilm studio production
long take
two/three shot
keying
44. 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
focal length
live-to-tape
long take
offscreen space
45. Rhythmically edits a number of visual sequence over a song that signals an emotional response
camerawork
musical montage
framing
multi-camera live production
46. Eye level
standard camera height
focal length
cross-fades
Realism
47. Aka the establishing shot. sets the scene from a distance. they help ground the program in a particular location
camera movement: tracking
extreme long shot
canted camera angle
keying
48. Straps the camera to the operator to make it glide. attempts to be realistic
multi- camera telefilm studio production
music
environmental sound
stedicam
49. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming
rhythm
shot/reverse shot
wipes
medium closeup
50. Use long focal length. captures images from far away. compresses the depth of the shot
stedicam
fade-out
camera movement: dolly
telephoto lenses