Television Vocab
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Television Vocab
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1. When a shot had a narrow depth of field and part of the image is out of focus

2. Designed to mimic the sounds that would be created in the environment depicted on screen. can heighten impact of staged actions

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

4. When images overlap - one to another. gradual- naturalistic. signify shift in time or space`

5. When graphic images are incorporated into traditionally shot programming. used to create creatures or complex effects-- sci fi and horror

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

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

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

9. What elements in the frame are clear or blurry

10. The back and forth editing between closeups in a dialogue

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

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

13. VCR - DVR: digital technologies have given viewers more power to replay - redistribute - watch when convenient - fast forward commercials

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

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

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

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

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

19. 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

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

21. 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

22. Diegetic - and non-diegetic

23. The basic unit of editing. an instant switch from one shot to another. re-frames the visual perspective on the action

24. Mobile-- on site. multiple takes from multiple angles - shot out of order

25. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging

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