Broadcasting and Film Production Terms and Techniques, Quizzes of Humanities

Download Broadcasting and Film Production Terms and Techniques and more Quizzes Humanities in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 announcer continuity DEFINITION 1 a radio script that is read live by an announcer. TERM 2 production script DEFINITION 2 pre-recorder spot. provides a roadmap for how radio spot is to be produced. TERM 3 prouncer DEFINITION 3 pronunciation guide TERM 4 controlled media DEFINITION 4 *direct mail *pamphlets *brochures *newsletters *can address specific issues and be distributed to audiences that directly impact on the effectiveness of an organization. TERM 5 uncontrolled media DEFINITION 5 *television *radio *online *newspapers/magazines TERM 6 PSA DEFINITION 6 Public Service Announcement. Persuasive messages carried without charge by radio and television outlets on behalf of non-profit or social cause organizations. Stations use them to fulfill their federal licensing requirements that those outlets serve the public interest. TERM 7 9 Rules of Broadcast Style Writing DEFINITION 7 1. Let the announcer BREATHE 2. One major idea per sentence 3. Write the way people talk 4. Titles before person's name 5. Subject-verb-object 6. Use active voice! 7. present tense 8. speak language of audience 9. words for single-digit, figures for double-digits TERM 8 Actuality (aka soundbite) DEFINITION 8 recorder quotation that can accompany radio news release TERM 9 chyron (aka super) DEFINITION 9 words shown on a video screen TERM 10 CU DEFINITION 10 close up TERM 21 SOT DEFINITION 21 sound on tape TERM 22 soundbite DEFINITION 22 recorded quotation TERM 23 tilt DEFINITION 23 move camera up and down TERM 24 under DEFINITION 24 quiet background noise or music that is beneath voices in radio or TV spot TERM 25 VO DEFINITION 25 voice over TERM 26 WS DEFINITION 26 wide shot TERM 27 zoom DEFINITION 27 make images larger or smaller by adjusting camera TERM 28 axis DEFINITION 28 direction of action within a sequence TERM 29 SVO DEFINITION 29 Subject-verb-object TERM 30 hit and run DEFINITION 30 relationship between pictures and words TERM 31 cutaway DEFINITION 31 interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else TERM 32 Visual Storytelling tips DEFINITION 32 1. research 2. write the script first 3. know your video grammar. (think of each shot as if it were a sentence) 4. vary the shots, angles and avoid predictable patterns 5. do not cross the axis 6. hit and run