Television Production Chapter 8
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Interview
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A program format that involves a conversation between the interviewer and an interviewee.
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Nod Shots
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A cutaway shot often used in interview programs and usually recorded after the interviewee has left the set. In a nod shot, the interviewer does not say anything, but simply \"nods\" naturally as if listening to the answer to a question.
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Documentary
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A program format that is essentially a research paper for television. The audio in the program is on-camera and/or off-camera narration. The video footage used in the program is determined by the topic research and support the audio of the program.
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Newscast
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A program format that is a collection of individual news stories.
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Magazine
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A program format comprised of feature packages, that address a single story.
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Drama
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A program format that includes both dramas and comedies and requires actors to portray someone or something other than themselves.
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Actors
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Individuals who participate in a drama or comedy program, performing as someone or something other than themselves.
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Public Service Announcement (PSA)
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A program that is 30 or 60 seconds in length and aims to inform the public or to convince the public to do (or not to do) something in the interest of common good.
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Music video
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A program format that serves to promote a band, a new song, or an album.
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Concert style music video
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A type of music video in which the audience sees the band perform the music that is heard.
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Story style music video
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A type of music video in which the audience hears the music, but does not see the band perform. Instead, actors act out a story line that is supported by the lyrics in the song.
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Visualization
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The ability to mentally picture the finished program.
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Program proposal
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A document created by the scriptwriter that contains general information about the program, including the basic idea, applicable format, message to be imparted to the audience, the intended audience, budget considerations, shooting location considerations, and rough shooting schedule.
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Storyboards
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Sketches that portray the way the image on television should look in the finished program.
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Treatment
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A narrative written from a program outline that tells the program's story in paragraph form.
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Word-for-word script
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A program script in which every word spoken by the talent is written out.
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Outline script
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A program script that usually has a word-for-word introduction and conclusion, but an outline for the body of the script.
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Format script
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A program script that is very brief and used for programs in which the order of events is pre-determined and the sequence of each episode is consistent.
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Montage
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A production device that allows a gradual change in a relationship or a lengthy passage of time to occur in a very short amount of screen time by showing a series of silent shots accompanied by music.
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