Broadcasting - Television

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ready commands

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for crew to get ready to do something

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execute commands

Back 2

actually do it

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take

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cut to another shot, instantaneous transition from one video source to another

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fade

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mix effect to or from black

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fade up/in

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starting in black and going to picture

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fade out/to black

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starting in picture and going to black at end

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dissolve

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mix efffect one picture gradually replaced with another. like fade but dissolve to another picture, not dissolve to black

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superimposure

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dissolve stopped in progress so there's two pictures blended together on screen at same time

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wipe

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transition where moving line/geometric pattern acts as a border between one shot and next shot. considered playful and not appropriate for some programs

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split screen

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any wipe stopped in progress

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corner insert

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see a graphic or another entire shot sitting on top of main shot. like "picture-in-picture". difference b/n this and wipe is you see the entire picture or graphic

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key

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electronic effect, not a transition. part of one picture is electronically cut into another. Ex: titles, names

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chroma keying

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choose color and key on it. Ex. News weather forecasts, blue or green screen

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cut-live-production

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multiple cameras and can switch between them

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cut-live-on-tape

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same but not live. can start over and edit

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single camera

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set-up camera in different positions and puts together so can take different shots and edit together later. (Movies) Problem = continuity errors.

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multi camera

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invented to shoot "I Love Lucy" show in 1952 Desi Arnaz would shoot with motion picture film for tv and would set up film cameras like tv cameras and no continuity errors.

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studio floor

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talent, camera operators, floor manager

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control room

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director, switcher, graphics, audio, producer, vtr operator

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extreme close-up (ECU or XCU)

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shot where person's face wills the screen OR isolating a small part of person's body; such as an eye, mouth, hand, etc.

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Big close-up (BCU)

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face fills the screen

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Close-up (CU)

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subject cut off at top of shoulder and cut off very top of head, eyes about 1/3 of way down the screen

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Medium Close-up (MCU)

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cut off at breast line (solar plexus) eyes about 1/3 of way down and some headroom

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Medium Shot (MS)

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cut off just below waist, eyes 1/4 to 1/3 of the way down screen and some headroom

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Medium Long Shot (MLS)

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cut off just above knees, eyes 1/4, some headroom

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Long Shot (LS)

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see entire person, body will fill most of height of screen and twice as much headroom

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Extreme Long Shot (ELS OR XLS)

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small part of overall scene,

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2-Shot

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two people in shot

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3-Shot

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three people in shot

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Cover Shot/master shot

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shows entire scene "wide shot"

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Over-the-shoulder-shot

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see subject over back of shoulder of another person

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pan

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swivel camera left and right. moving to our left = panning right. moving to right = panning left

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tilt

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swivel camera up and down. pushing down = tilting up. pushing up = tilting down

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zoom

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tightening up shot/zooming in = getting larger. loosening shot/zooming out = getting smaller.

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dolly

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forward/backward movement or entire camera. dolly in = pushing camera closer. dolly out = moving camer further away. dolly and zoom difference is lens angle of view does not change when you dolly

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truck

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left or right movement of entire camera assembly. truck left = move camera to our left. truck right = move camera to our right

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arc

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circular movement of entire camera assembly around subject. left and right

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tracking shots

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dolly or truck with a subject as they move

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pedestal

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raising and lowering the camera height on pedestal shaft. pedestal up = raise camera height. pedestal down = lower camera height

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boom

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raising or lowering height of camera on a boom (cranes and jibs) boom up to raise and boow down to lower

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tongue

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swinging camera left/right on a boom. left = swing camera left. right = swing camera right

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fade up

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audio fades music up

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fade under

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audio fades music under something

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fade out

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audio fades music out

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hit

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music starts at full volume immediately

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roll

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roll credits or roll vtr

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crawl

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lists move across the bottom of the screen