Classwork Television

Susana Chauvet

Carlos Campos

Diana Ruiz

Dulce Piña

Gerardo Ibarra

Pedro Manzur

16/04/2013

English

Miss Karina Elizalde

Classwork

Television

Interpersonal communication: participants who are dependent upon one another. It can involve one on one conversations or individuals interacting with many people within a society. It helps us understand how and why people behave and communicate in different ways to construct and negotiate a social reality.

Intrapersonal communication: is language use or thought internal to the communicator. It can be useful to envision intrapersonal communication occurring in the mind of the individual in a model which contains a sender, receiver, and feedback loop.

Brief Media History

Mass communication is the study of how individuals and entities relay information through mass media to large segments of the population at the same time. It is usually understood to relate to newspaper, magazine, and book publishing, as well as radio, television and film, as these mediums are used for disseminating information, news and advertising.

The history of television comprises the work of numerous engineers and inventors in several countries over many decades. The earliest proposal was in 1908, in a paper by A. A. Campbell-Swinton and postulated the use of cathode rays.

The first practical demonstrations of television, however, were developed using electromechanical methods to scan, transmit, and reproduce an image. As electronic camera and display tubes were perfected, electromechanical television gave way to all-electronic systems in nearly all applications.

The hypodermic needle model (also known as the hypodermic-syringe model, transmission-belt model, or magic bullet theory) is a model of communications suggesting that an intended message is directly received and wholly accepted by the receiver. The model is rooted in 1930s behaviorism and is largely considered obsolete today.

Target rating points (TRPs) are the gross rating points delivered by a media vehicle to a specific target audience.

Target rating points (TRPs) are the gross rating points delivered by a media vehicle to a specific target audience.

A literary script is a text that contains a story that was meant to be told in images and sound. It details the actions and dialogue of the characters, with accompanying general descriptions of the scenarios and assessments for the actors.

A technical script is not a technical version of the literary script, this is a production document that contains the information needed to run each of the plans that the audiovisual work requires

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An executive producer (EP) enables and backs up the making of a commercial entertainment product. He or she is concerned with management accounting and possibly with associated legal issues (like copyrights or royalties).

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. Generally, a film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision

Also called a vision mixer, a video switcher is a hardware device used in video and film production to switch between different video or audio sources. This allows the producer to mix video and also add in special effects or footage captured on a secondary source.

A floor manager is a member of the crew of a television show. The floor manager is responsible for giving information from the director in the control room, to the crew on the studio floor, and then back to the director. 

Cameraman: Is responsible for operating the camera and its lenses on a shoot. Images must carry the shooting script, specified in the plans and their duration within a given scene.

Conductor: A person who presents or hosts a radio or television (news, contests, magazines) as well as some public or private events (an awards show, presented diplomas, according to film or theater, etc..).

Camera Movements and Shots

High Angle:  Is a camera angle that looks down upon a subject. A character shot with a high angle will look vulnerable or small. These angles are often used to demonstrate to the audience a perspective of a particular character.

Low Angle:  Is a camera angle that looks up at a character. This is the opposite of a high angle and makes a character look more powerful. This can make the audience feel vulnerable and small by looking up at the character.

Eye-Level Angle: Puts the audience on an equal footing with the character/s. This is the most commonly used angle in most films as it allows the viewers to feel comfortable with the characters.

Dutch: Is used to demonstrate the confusion of a character.

Dolly: A tracking shot moves on tracks and a dolly shot is mounted on a trolley to achieve the effect in the example above. This camera movement is used in a number of ways but is most commonly used to explore a room such as a restaurant. By using a tracking shot or a dolly shot the composer of a film gives the viewer a detailed tour of a situation. It can also be used to follow a character.

Pan: Is used to give the viewer a panoramic view of a set or setting. This can be used to establish a scene.

Tilt: Like panning, to follow a subject or to show the top and bottom of a stationary object. With a tilt, you can also show how high something is. In general, when you tilt up and shoot an object or a person they look larger and thicker. The subject looks smaller and thinner when you tilt down.

Zoom: Zooming the lens out gives you the wide-angle shot and more of your subject and surrounding areas are visible. Depth perception is also changed, and the size and distance between objects is more pronounced.

Crane:  Is often used by composers of films to signify the end of a film or scene. The effect is achieved by the camera being put on a crane that can move upwards

Steady Cam: The device straps to the photographer and the camera is mounted by a series of metal joints controlled by gyroscopes.