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Television Vocab
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1. When a line or shape passes through the screen to switch to another shot. less naturalistic and usually reserved for highly presentational programming

2. Aka the master shot. offer more details of a scene. typically show the entire body-- hard to read gestures or convey emotion

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

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

5. Documentary staple - less steady and jumpier. attempts to be realistic

6. Government intervention of the airwaves FCC

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

8. When camera is looking up at a character

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

10. Presumably not heard by characters. can be either from audience or pre-recorded

11. Found in live edit programs - sports and new. viewers are able to consume multiple streams of information simultaneously

12. Conveys a visual relationship to the staging

13. Use short focal length. cause fisheye distortion. increase the depth of the shot

14. When viewers outgrew the radio. network programming consisted of only 3 networks -

15. The entire visual world is created non-photographically

16. Images are created and animated digitally

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

18. Allow a high degree of intimacy and emotional expression

19. 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

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

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

22. Moving cameras along a line. moves the entire camera along with someone. follows actors steadily through space

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

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

25. Can be incidental (footsteps or crown laughing) or artificially enhanced. creates a richer environment

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