Mrts 1310 exam 2 Flashcards
“Break” the Story
Coming up with each individual scene for that story and arranging those scenes in their proper order as they’ll appear in the script.
Alan Freed
First to play ‘race’ music- Black versions of early rock- to his mostly white audience
Amos ‘n’ Andy
Created and starred 2 white guys (Freeman Gosden ‘Amos’ and Charles Correll ‘Andy’) who performed blackface and characterized black people/dialect. Despite the racism of the show, it gave white ppl a glimpse into the lives of black ppl. Showed everyone that we all have the same basic needs and desires
Casey Kasem
Debuted the Top 40 format still used by radio stations today
CPB
Corporation for public broadcasting. The corporation that set up npr in 1970
Early radio technology
heavy equipment that was difficult to move
First African American radio star
Hattie McDaniel on the show Beulah
Hot Clock
A visual representation of an hour on a clock face. Each minute is categorized into something to be done at that time. There is where the types of songs will be played, along with commercial times, times for weather, traffic, sports etc. Also directs the host when to speak on-air
How a tv show gets made
- Pre-production
○ Breaking the story, episodes go to dp and directors, the art department gets involved- Production
○ Schedule to the max, table read, camera blocking, shoot - Post-production
○ Editing, sound designing, vfx artists
- Production
How Streaming services make money/negotiate contracts
by selling advertising or with the subscription model; licensing deals; by determining what content viewers want o see and how long they are watching
most popular radio formats today
music, news and information, noncommercical
narrative tv genres
dramas, serial (soap operas and telenovelas), situation comedies (sitcoms), Miniseries
Network affiliate/agreement
Clearance, station compensation, right of refusal
Network key functions
communicate and share information and resources
Non-narrative tv genres
Variety shows, game and quiz shows, reality shows, sports, late night talk, news, public affairs
npr
national public radio
OTT
content that goes over the top of cable and satellite providers in favor of other streaming services
PBS
public broadcasting also created the public broadcasting service (PBS) in 1969
PEG
cable also provides space for local public access channels for the PUBLIC, EDUCATION, ANF GOVERNMENT channels ( i.e. the denton city channel)
Pilot season
Pilot season is a period of time every spring when the fate of roughly 75-100 tv shows are decided for the upcoming tv season
potted palm music
bc the studios were meant to look like ballrooms with potted plants such as palm trees
radio program director
who decides what music is played on the radio and when it gets played
radio post-war technical innovations
transistor radio and vinyl records
radio programming after WWII
tv was taking over, so they switched to music formatting- specializing in certain types of music; started being everywhere, handheld radios, radios in cars
radio show genres
Comedies, soap operas, dramas, quiz shows, and children’s programming
reverse compensation
the station may receive several thousand dollars per hour to air certain shows from the network, or may have to pay the network just to air a popular show
rise of top 40 format
Dick Clark, a radio DJ, crossed over into television with American Bandstand, with spotlight performers singing their hits in front of dancing teens. the show started in Philadelphia in 1952, underwent changes, and ran through 1989
Rock n Roll effects
Rock n Roll fans tuned to radio stations to hear their favorite music, as those popped to the style tried to keep the music off the airwaves and out of record stores. Anti-Rock n Roll rallies and record burning events were held, making the headlines in newspapers. this mad young ppl love the music even more
selecting a radio format depends on…
budget, local audience characteristics and size, the number and strength of competing stations, potential ad revenue
syndication
the distribution to local tv stations, cable networks, and streaming services. Local tv station affiliates and independent stations who are not affiliated with a network depend on syndicated shows to fill their airtime and build Advertising
first- run syndication
not designed for prime-time network airing;
usually slotted for mornings, afternoons, and early evening slots
ie jeopardy, eleen, judge Judy, Maury
off-network syndication
once they are still shown as regular scheduled programming on one of the broadcast netoworks
ie. big bang theory, family guy, black ish, modern family
Todd Storz
realized that there were 40 popular songs young ppl were buying and decided to boost stations buy focusing on those 40 songs. thus creating the top 40 format that is still in use today
tv prime- time
a traditional source of off-network syndication, online and foreign syndication, and mobile media sales