TV Production
The main character, who's problems make up the main plot of a show
This is a quality of editing that describes how long or short each shot is allowed to play out.
What is pacing?
A movie taking place in the past.
What is a period piece?
What the Intermediate School 318 was known for.
What is the 318 chess team?
In the film Selma, the protagonist is this famous preacher and civil rights activist.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
A plot that goes on parallel to the main plot, but is not as important as the main plot
What is the b-plot?
An uninterrupted run of the camera
What is a shot?
a fictional movie dramatizing the life of a particular person, typically a public or historical figure.
What is a biopic?
What is Netflix?
The second film we watched was based on the infamously unlucky mission to the moon, with this name.
What was the Apollo 13 mission?
A verbal presentation made to a film producer or studio executive, in order to get funding for a screenplay
What is a pitch?
a shot taken with the camera being supported only by the operator's hands and shoulder.
What is a hand-held shot?
a romantic story with a historical period setting, normally with a turbulent backdrop of war, revolution, or tragedy
What is a historical romance?
The host of Parts Unknown who traveled to different locations to explore different food and culture.
Who was Anthony Bourdain?
This president introduced and signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War.
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson?
A standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distributor. Typically, this episode becomes the first episode of the series.
What is a pilot?
a technique used to eliminate the shakiness in video caused by camera movement.
What is video stability?
Large-scale period films which use high technology, high production values and emphasize visual spectacle, especially based on large-scale battle scenes and action set-pieces.
What is a historical epic?
The lining of an animal's stomach, which was cooked and eaten as a Roman dish in Parts Unknown.
What is Tripe?
What is CO2 (carbon dioxide)?
A reference document created by the showrunner, used by writers for information on characters, settings, and other elements of a television or film project
What is a show bible?
What is B-roll?
Something that does not belong in the time period it is in (example: a DVD in the 1950's, or an iPhone in the medieval period)
What is an anachronism?
The narrator of Our Planet.
Who is David Attenborough?
In Forrest Gump, he plays Lieutenant Dan. In the film we watched in class, he plays Ken Mattingly, the astronaut who must stay behind due to measles.
Who is Gary Sinise?