Television Key terms Flashcards
What is point - of- view shot?
A shot that is filmed from the perspective of a particular person or character within the text.
What is canted angle?
A shot filmed from an oblique or slanted angle.
What is foreshadow?
To hint at something that will happen later in the narrative.
What is commissioning?
To give a programme the go-ahead production - to ‘greenlight’ it.
What is Narrowcasting?
Unlike broadcasting, which addresses the needs of a mass audience, narrowcasting targets more specialised audiences.
What is Multi-channel era?
The idea that following the introduction satellite and cable television in the 1990’s and the rise of technologies, viewers now have a much wider range of channels to choose from.
What is flagship show?
A programme that has particular importance for a channel or broadcaster - one that attracts particularly high ratings.
What are stock characters?
The basic character types that you would conventionally expect to find in a certain kind of media product.
What is audience surrogate?
A character within the text that stands in for the audience.
What is point of identification?
A character within the text that the audience can identify with or relate to.
What is binary opposition?
Occurs when two people, ideas, concepts or values are set-up in conflict with one another
What is iconography?
The visual elements of a media product such as the props, costumes and settings that are used.
What is Verisimilitude?
Having the appearance of truth or authenticity.
What is dystopia?
A world or society that is as bad or dysfunctional as can be imagined - a world full of crime, violence or oppression, for example.
What is Android?
A robot that looks like a human.
