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The law that states that at twice the distance from a subject, artificial lights provide only one-fourth their original level of

illumination

Inverse square law

The usual term referring to a self contained TV news story in which the

reporter tells the entire story, including such

elements as sound bites, b-roll, and voice-overs.

package

A TV news story that contains b-roll and a sound bite, and in which the news content is read by the anchor live on the air.

 

VO-SOT

The ---- shot shows the view as seen through the subject’s

eyes  

Subjective / POV

Several shots of action done by the photojournalist, in which shots vary from LS to MS

to CU, and that replicate how a viewer would break down the action if (s)he were at the

scene is called shooting ---

sequences  

Lighting a scene with a single light that produces uninteresting pictures with little sense

of depth or modeling is called --- lighting

flat  

When editing shots from a single camera set-up, it is possible for the editor to

produce matched action on the screen only if the photographer in the field has

shot ---- action.---- action.

overlapping

 Accent or separation light in a 3-point lighting set-up is the

--- light

Back  

  A highly directional light coming from above and behind

a subject, adding highlights, shape, and separationfrom the background.  

backlight  

18--  The three parts of three-point lighting 

Key, fill , and back 

19--  In normal shooting, each eye normally contains one highlight, called ------. When lights are properly placed, the subject’s eye’s normally

contain how many?

Catchlights / two (one in each eye)

The three more dominant brand names of nonlinear video editing systems  

Avid, Final Cut Pro, Premiere

A rectangular floodlight.

Broad (or) pan 

The brand name of the classic controlled-beam spotlight; A light with a well-defined lens; the

beam width is varied as the bulb is moved toward and away from the lens.

Fresnel  

The relationship of the brightest area to the darkest

area in a given camera shot, as determined by

reflected light readings.  

contrast ratio

Inside the modern TV camera, the ---- is the solid-state chip that converts reflected light into

electrical signals

Charge-coupled device (CCD), or CMOS

Whenever you compose a shot in the viewfinder, you must allow for TV -----, in which home TV screens clip

off the edges of the transmitted image

Cut-off

We called it ------ video when referring to too many photographers around the

country who ‘shoot everything that moves’ with little regard to story line or

subject matter.

Rambo

If, while a shot is being made, you shift the focus from one subject to another (such as from a foreground to a

background subject), the effect is called a ----- focus

rack

A thin translucent, colored material such as gelatin or

plastic that can be mounted in front of lighting instruments toproduce specific color effects.

gel  

What technique should we follow in composing shots in which we mentally divide the viewfinder horizontally and vertically and place subjects or interest-catching features at points where these

lines intersect.

Rule of thirds

Visuals of a news story that should have nat sound but which

are used as cut-ins, cutaways and inserts

B-roll 

The most commonly used device to eliminate jump cuts is the ----------, a shot of some part of the peripheral action that diverts the viewer’s eye for a moment.

cutaway

A camera filter that reduces the amount of light hitting the charge-coupled device without

affecting the color temperature.

neutral density 

The scale of measurement used to measure frequencies so that

color temperature can be determined.

Kelvin

The color temperature of TV studio lights is ----

3,200 degrees Kelvin

If a camera is set to shoot outdoors but is used indoors the video will be ----; if set for indoors

but used outdoors, the video will be ----

Red/orange ; blue  

Writing down what is on a videotape, including the content of each shot, the

inpoints and outpoints, andcomments about the quality of the shot;

when you log only the shots you will use you are make an ----

Logging / EDL

Current, breaking news is most clearly defined in television as

spot news 

A tungsten floodlight that contains a single bulb in a

bowl-shaped metal reflector.

scoop  

Our text says a good reporter doing a newsgathering interview should ask questions the

------ would ask.

viewer

The effect created when direct light throws strong highlights and distinct shadows

Specular light

The opening sentence of a news story is best defined as

the

lead

The term for the reporter’s live intro and close to a prerecorded segment, such as a package

Lead-in

A distinct visual jump called the ---- cut occurs if the camera is allowed to

remain on the same axis line from one shot to the next, typically seen when shooting a WS followed by a MS without moving the camera off the original axis

line.

See text -- it’s not a jump cut

When shooting video for a news story, if a subject moves screen left in the first shot,

then (s)he must move left in all other shots or the result will be a _____.

False reverse 

Rapid montage cutting is also known as _______ cutting

See editing chapter

When you arrive at a news conference, the book suggests you place ------- where you want the subject who will be speaking

to stand, suggesting that ‘it’s like bait.’

See audio chapter

In editing, ------ occur when a shot ends and its accompanying sound ends, only to be

replaced at the splice line by a new picture with new sound

Cold cuts

The text says most of the individual shots in a typical TV news story average --- to ---

seconds

4 / 7

What are you told to shoot first upon arriving at the scene of a story?

 Perishable (fleeting)

video 

A proven method to heighten the viewer’s sense of involvement in your story is to

shoot matched-action ________, such as when showing a child boarding a bus, shooting close-ups of her face, hands, etc., shots of the bus driver, the bus door

opening, the father waving good-bye, the bus pulling away, etc.

See text 

The book’s author says what part of the news story should be so strong that nothing

else can top it, and that, ideally, the moment the reporter arrives on the scene, (s)he

should begin looking for a shot for it?  

The close

Combined with a master shot, typical --- shots include the close-up or insert shot,

reaction shot, and point of view shot

Pick -up / cut-in

Even when photographing with a single camera, a photographer can produce shots that

can be edited together in matched action provided that (s)he also shoots --- action

Overlapping

The shot that is often called ‘the pan with a purpose.’

Moving (follow) shot

A ----- is the little box imprinted with the station’s logo that is attached to hand-held

mic used by reporters in TVused by reporters in TV

See audio chapter

What device made of acoustic foam is attached to the outside

of a mic to reduce wind noise?noise?

See audio chapter

A ______-pass (or high-cut) filter may be used to diminish

wind noise outdoors.

See audio chapter

Whenever you record sound in the field, you should record some ------- tone or

ambient noise for the editor so that gaps of silence will not occur in the story.

See audio chapter

What does our text say is the ‘most our text say is the ‘most important interview question’?important interview question’?

See interviewing chapter

When conducting interviews When conducting interviews for people stories, ‘don’t for people stories, ‘don’t

interview people’ (but instead):interview people’ (but instead):

(see interviewing chapter)

The type of news story that is The type of news story that is ‘about it / them’ rather than ‘about it / them’ rather than about an event taking place:about an event taking place:

See class notes

Sound bites in TV news stories Sound bites in TV news stories should always be framed and should always be framed and shot in the ---- point of view.shot in the ---- point of view.

See class notes

According to John DeTarsio, while a news story is told by the action—whether it’s a

death or murder scene or whatever, it’s the _______ that makes the story

memorable.

reaction

Civic Journalism suggests interviewing people in the middle on a story—the third

voices—which will bring less heat and more ------ to your story, and instead of

conflict we should look for the ----.

Light / friction – also review

related notes about ‘civic engagement’

PIO stands for PIO stands for

Public Information

Officer (in early video, Greg Liggins was

referred to one)

In the 5-part video series about TV news, Bruce Land said one type of newsroom is ------ driven, while the other is ----- driven, as far as what stories are covered stories are covered

and how.and how.

See notes -- or videos are on Edit

Station A or E

What did Linda Ellerbee say is What did Linda Ellerbee say is ‘the absence of a question?’ in ‘the absence of a question?’ in one of our early 5-part videos? one of our early 5-part videos?

See your notes -- or videos are on Edit Station A

‘‘The wireThe wire’ ’ refers to primarily refers to primarily what U.S.-based cooperative what U.S.-based cooperative

news service? news service?

Associated Press

VNR stands for --- is produced by what kind of organization and/or kind of organization and/or

for what purpose?for what purpose?

Video news release / PR firm for free publicity

Having a ‘nat pop’ inside a story is best as an example of

which visual storytelling guideline?guideline?

See the textbook

The name for the type of lead that delays the climax, or

essence of the news, until the very end of the story.

See in-class handout -- and

see other types of leads for similar

test questions

If you have S/Bill on the video If you have S/Bill on the video side of a TV script, the S/ is side of a TV script, the S/ is

indicating that ----- indicating that -----

See textbook --this is a sample

from the ‘script’ chapter

A high concentration of journalists from competing news organizations jammed into an area, each concerned primarily with his

or her own interests.

See textbook

One of the ‘elements of news’—it says news is what happens to important people,

places or things.

See early class notes and review other ‘elements of

news’

An interview segment or sound from an event that is used as

reaction and comment content in a TV news story.

Sound bite

One of the natural One of the natural consequences of editing is to consequences of editing is to convert ---- time to ---- time.convert ---- time to ---- time.

See editing chapter

In sound as a transitional device, this technique allows incoming sound to be heard for a moment or two before the accompanying shot appears on-screen.

See editing chapter

What two ways does the text What two ways does the text say to monitor audio levels? say to monitor audio levels?

See audio chapter

ENG stands for ENG stands for

See textbook

A news videographer who gets run over while shooting in the middle of the road during a

bicycle race has been careless while doing which of the ‘shooting tips’ discussed in our text?

See the text

One of the first rules for writing television news is to

reference your ------.

video

Before you can tell a story, you must decide the -----, which is

a simple, vivid, declarative sentence expressing the heart and soul of the story

as it will appear on air.it will appear on air.

See the text

See the course outlineSee the course outline

These are some These are some samples of some of the samples of some of the content covered in the content covered in the chapters from the chapters from the beginning of the beginning of the semester thru the mid-semester thru the mid-term. Anything else term. Anything else covered could be on covered could be on the exam. the exam.