ACRONYMS OF BROADCAST MEDIA

PRESENTATION

BASICS OF BROADCAST MEDIA

GROUP MEMBERS

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ACRONYMS OF BROADCAST MEDIA

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A-E

• A and B rollsTwo separate reels of video on which scenes are

alternately placed to perform special effects• Basic setA film, TV, or stage set with furniture and

scenery but without props

• Cable pullerA person responsible for setting up and handling

power, sound, and picture cables. Generally one cable puller is allocated to each camera

• Distance shortA view in which the subject is a long distance from

camera or appears to be far away; also called a long shot.

• Electronic cueAn audio or video signal indicating the end of a tape

or other instruction

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F-J

• FEED:Broadcast sent by radio and TV networks

to local stations or by a local station or medium to the headquarters office or other media. The origination point is called the feed point.

• Green room:A room or waiting area for guests• HTML:

It is the coding language typically used in the development of web pages.

• Infotainment:A combination of information and

entertainment such as that provided by some of the cable-television.

• Join in progress:An instruction to a station to cut in and

start broadcasting a program already started such as live coverage of a news event.

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M-O

• Lower thirdThe bottom third of the TV screen, on

which identification and other caption generally are display

• Mock interview A stimulated interview, generally

conducted by a professional communicator ,to help develop the communication skill of the interviewee,

• Morphing A computer process that

transform one photograph or image into another, commonly used in video and film. A morph is form.

Network promo An announcement broadcast by

a network to promote a specific program or the network itself generally at the end of a network program.

• On scene show A t v program produce

at the site of an earlier murdur,accident,or the other event sometimes reenacted

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M-S

People Meter• A device that is part of an audience

measurement system.

Quad SplitA TV switching effect to produce four different

images on the screen at the same time.

Routing RoomA room in a TV station with a wall of monitors on which are

shown live feeds of remote transmissions for broadcast.

Sustaining Program

A non sponsored broad cast, generally a public service.

TeaseA bit of news preceding the newscast.

(upcoming story)

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U-Z

• Ultra high frequency• Limited-range wave bands for television

channels(14 to 82) that transmit from 470 to 890 megahertz(MHz), with lower power and over a smaller area than low band(channels 2 to 6) or high band (7 to 13)very high frequency(VHF) stations.

• Voice-over• The sound of an unseen narrator on a TV

program or film;a reading by a TV announcer while a videotape is shown

• Wraparound• The introductory or concluding segments of a

program or series; the live portion before or after a taped segment.

• XIS• A film or TV shot that is over or across (X) the

shoulders of a performer; also called O.S.( over shoulder)

• Zoom • An optical effect in television and motion pictures

produced by shifting quickly from one camera angle to another, such as from close up to a long shot