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Superglossary - TV Category: Technical and IT > TV Date & country: 09/12/2013, USA Words: 643

Exterior Scenes
Scenes set outdoors, often in particular location settings.

Extreme Close Up (XCU)
A framing that presents a view closer than a conventional close-up--e.g., a shot of an eye that fill

Extreme Long Shot (XLS)
A framing that presents a distant view of an object or person--e.g., an aerial shot of a car on a st

Eyeline Match
An editing principle of the continuity system which begins with a shot of a character looking in a s

Fade Out-Fade In
A special effect often used for scene-to-scene transition. In a fade out the image darkens until the

False Consciousness
In Marxist terms, a counterfeit image of the world determined by one's social class.

Feed Horn
A device which collects the signals at the focus of the satellite dish and channels them to the LNB.

Feminism
A critical approach which concentrates on gender discourse, the manner in which the male-female rela

Field (Of Video)
Each frame of video in the PAL or NTSC signal consists of two fields. Television creates a picture t

Fill Light
In the three-point lighting system, a source of illumination used to fill the shadows created by the

Film Stock
The specific type of film used to record images.

Filter
In lighting, a colored gel placed in front of a light source. In cinematography or videography, an o

Fine Grain
A type of film stock in which the grain is smaller, resulting in a higher image definition.

Fire Wire
A low-cost digital interface originated by Apple. It can transport data at very high speeds. It is w

Five Lnb
A dish with five lnbs and four outputs. This dish looks at satellites in five different orbital posi

Fixed Dish System
A satellite TV system in which the dish does not have to be moved. Directv and Dish Network are fixe

Flashback
A disruption of the chronological presentation of events, in which an event from the past is present

Flashforward
A disruption of the chronological presentation of events, in which an event from the future is prese

Flight
A scheduling tactic that alternates periods of advertising with periods of no activity.

Flow
Television's sequence of programs, commercials, news breaks, and so on. The overall flow of televisi

Focal Length
The distance from the lens' optical center to its focal point, usually measured in millimeters. Ther

Focal Plane
The plane within a film camera where the light strikes the film.

Focal Point
In a camera lens, that spot where the light rays, bent by the lens, converge before expanding again

Focus
The adjustment of the camera lens so that the image is sharp and clear.

Focus Distance
The distance from the camera to the object being focused on.

Foley
A post-production process wherein sound effects are fabricated for a filmed/videotaped scene while t

Footprint
An area of the earth that is able to receive a particular satellite

Format
In film, refers to the film width itself and is measured in millimeters (e.g., super-8, 16mm and 35m

Fragmentation (Audience)
The increasing number of audience subdivisions which, together, constitute total TV usage. Televisio

Frame (Of Video)
A frame of video consists of two fields. Each second of NTSC video consists of 29.97 frames (usually

Framing
Determines what the viewer can and cannot see due to the manipulation of the camera frame (the edge

Frequency
The number of times per second that a signal fluctuates. The international unit for frequency is the

Frequency Range
The high end and low limits of the frequencies that can be used with your monitor. Usually pertains

Frequency Response
A range of sound frequencies from low to high. A measurement of the limits of microphones, recording

Full Power TV Station
Any analog television station operating on channels 2-69 that is not licensed as a Class A, Low Powe

Full-Scan
The capability to increase the size of the image to the edge of the monitor bezel.

Function
In narrative study, a single action or character attribute. Based in Russian Formalism and the work

Gel
A piece of plastic or gelatin placed in front of a light source to change its color.

Genlock
A feature that keeps two or more video streams in synchronization, often combined with a graphic ove

Genre
Groupings of television programs defined by their narrative structure, thematic content, and style o

Geo-Targeting
The process of identifying a brand

Geographic Targeting
The process of identifying a brand

Geostationary
Satellites orbit the Earth 22,300 miles above the Equator and rotate at the same relative speed and

Glitches
Any oddity in a video signal.

Grain
The silver halide crystals suspended in the emulsion of a piece of film. When struck by light and ch

Graphic Overlay Titling
The superimposition of a computer image over a video signal (the computer image typically is keyed t

Gross Rating Points (GRP)
The sum of individual telecast ratings on a total program basis or advertiser commercial schedule, w

Hand-Held
A technique in which the camera is held by the camera operator, rather than fixed to a camera mount

Hard Light
Direct, undiffused light

Hard News
Refers to news stories that examine events which affect society as a whole (e.g., national politics

Hard Reset
A hard reset is the same as rebooting a computer.

Hd-Dvd
High-definition digital video disc. Several formats have been proposed for these high-capacity DVD's

Hdcp
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection. Copy-protection scheme developed by Intel to be used in c

Hdmi
High-Definition Multimedia Interface. USB-like digital video connectivity standard designed as a suc

Hdtv
HDTV, or High Definition Television, is a digital television format that combines high-resolution vi

Hiatus
Period in a campaign when an advertiser's schedule is suspended for a short period of time, after wh

High Angle
A shot in which the camera is placed higher than the filmed actor or object, so that the camera look

High Definition Television (HDTV)
The generally agreed upon definition of HDTV is approximately twice the vertical and horizontal pict

High-Key Lighting
A lighting style in which the ratio in intensity of key light to fill light is small. The result is

Horizonal Sync Frequency
The number of times per the number of times per electron beam can trace a pattern like this

Horizontal Frequency
The inverse of the time it takes for a monitor to scan from the beginning of one line to the beginni

Households Using Television (HUT)
The percentage of all television households in a survey area with one or more sets in use during a s

Hue
A specific color from within the visible spectrum of white light

Hypercardioid Microphone
A highly unidirectional microphone, for which the pickup pattern is narrower than that of a cardioid

Hypodermic Needle Theory
An effects theory which purports that the viewer is passive, and directly and immediately affected b

Icon
Generally speaking, an object that represents a theme or an aspect of the character or the like. In

Iconography
The objects that signify character and themes of the narrative.

Ideological Criticism
An area of television criticism, concerned with class and gender representation, that studies societ

IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
A digital interface developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. Transports data at 100, 200, or 400 Mb

Illusion Of Depth
The ability of the two-dimensional television image to create an illusion whereby space seems to rec

Impressions
Number of homes or individuals exposed to an advertisement or group of advertisements.

Improvisation
Technique of method acting style used mostly in rehearsal

Impulse Pay Per View (PPV)
The ability to buy a particular program on a last-minute decision. Pushing the 'buy' button on the r

Independent Station
Stations not affiliated with any network, usually refers to commercial stations only.

Indexical Sign (Index)
In semiotics, a type of sign in which the signifier is physically caused by the signified. For examp

Industry Standard
A term applied to a machine or format that is commonly used within a certain area of production.

Infomercial
A television commercial that is similar in appearance to a news program or talk show format, usually

Interactive Mode
Type of television text in which the historical world is mixed with that of the video/film maker--ac

Interactive Television
An anticipated use of television with interactive content and enhancements, enabling the viewer to i

Interconnect
Two or more cable systems distributing a commercial signal simultaneously, and offering a multiple s

Interior Scenes
Scenes set inside, in particular on studio sets, though also including location interiors.

Interlace
The method of presenting a video display a half picture at a time, showing only every other line at

Interlaced Scan
The means by which traditional television picture tubes create images on screen. An interlaced-scann

Interlaced Scanning
In a television display, interlaced scanning refers to the process of re-assembling a picture from a

Interlaced Video
TV frames consist of two fields of alternating lines that are scanned onto the picture display unit

Intertextuality
The intertextual, self-reflexive quality--as when one television text (e.g., a commercial) refers to

Jump Cut
An editing technique wherein one shot does not match the preceding shot, resulting in a disruptive g

Kbps
Kbps stands for kilobits per second and refers to the speed of a signal transmission.

Key Light
In the three-point lighting system, the main source of illumination and the most intense light on th

Keyframe
In animation, the essential frames used to construct a character's movement. If the animation is com

Keying
An special effects process, specific to video, in which an image or text is inserted into another im

Kinescope
A film copy of a television program

Ku-Band
Signal frequency range between 11 and 14 ghz

Laugh Track
A soundtrack of pre-recorded laughter, usually added in the post-production process to a comedy prog

Lavaliere Microphone
A small microphone often clipped to a performer's tie or shirt.

Lead
In news stories, the reporter's opening comments--designed to capture viewer attention.

Lead-In
A program that immediately precedes another program on the same station or network.

Lead-Out
A program that immediately follows another program.

Letterbox
A process by which a widescreen film is presented on video. The top and bottom of the video frame is

Letterbox Mode
A method of presenting widescreen images on a standard screen television. In order to preserve the a