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A camera technique that closes in on the subject of the shot to make that person or thing appear increasingly shorter is known as zoom

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Correct Answer: False

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A derogatory term for video that doesn’t enhance the storytelling. ______video provides visual elements merely for the sake of having video. For example, a story on a city budget might include images of buildings or signs that feature the city’s name

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Correct Answer: Wallpaper

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Stands for voice-over/sound on tape and is a more complex version of a VO. This form of broadcast story operates like a VO, but includes one or more soundbites. VO/SOTs last about 35 to 47 seconds each.

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Correct Answer: False

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Also known as a ______. This form of broadcast story has a reporter or anchor reading a script on air while video on the topic is rolling for the audience members to see.

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Correct Answer: Voice-over

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Also known as tracking, this process involves the reporter recording the script for use as part of the package. Depending on the software, reporters can “______” the story into an empty file and place it into the package, or they can play the video once it is assembled and read the script on top of the video.

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Correct Answer: Track

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_________ is also known as a bite or actuality, this element of a broadcast story allows the source to speak to the audience in his or her own words on camera. This is the audio and video version of a direct quote in a text story.

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Correct Answer: Soundbite

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______ is a portion of a broadcast story in which a reporter signals the end of a piece by noting his or her name and the station’s call sign (“For W-X-Y-Z, I’m Bill Smith.”)

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Correct Answer: Sign-off

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______ is the text of a broadcast story used to help reporters narrate a story. It also will include references to the use of video when applicable.

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Correct Answer: Script

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The simplest broadcast story. It has an anchor or reporter reading a script while on air. These last 10 to 30 seconds each is known as reader

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Correct Answer: False

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__________is a phonetic explanation included in a broadcast script to help reporters and anchors say a word properly.

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Correct Answer: Pronouncer

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A form of sentence structure that places the subject of the sentence in a position in which it is receiving the action of the verb is known as passive voice (The ball was hit by Bill.)

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Correct Answer: Passive voice

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When a videographer moves a camera from side to side or up and down while recording is known as .

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Correct Answer: Pan

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A traditional news-story format in broadcast television. Reporters create these stories in advance of the newscast, and they include the voice track of the reporter, video that matches the script, two or more soundbites and a sign-off. These last between 1:45 and 3 minutes.

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Correct Answer: Package

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The speed at which a reader can move through a story based on how the story is structured. This speed is also influenced by the use of punctuation and the lengths of sentences in the piece is known as _______.

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Correct Answer: Pace

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The space in a framed shot that prevents the subject from staring indirectly into the inside edge of the shot. The look room should be present in the direction the subject is looking or moving is known as look room

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Correct Answer: False

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An action that places the subject of the shot into the viewfinder of the camera. It can also refer to the material you selected in the viewfinder for capturing.

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Correct Answer: Frame

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A sharp transition from one shot to the next shot in video is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Cut

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Video used to provide images that showcase what the reporter is saying in the script is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: B-roll

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_________ is the introductory sentence in a broadcast story that works like a headline in text-based journalism to draw the attention of the audience members.

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Correct Answer: Broadcast lead

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A form of sentence structure that places the subject in a negative where it is performing the action in the verb. The noun-verb-object structure denotes active voice (Bill hit the ball.) is known as active voice

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Correct Answer: False

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A series of letters created through an abbreviation of words that is pronounced as a single term. NATO and CIA are examples of this is known as acronym

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Correct Answer: False

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A series of letters created through an abbreviation of words that is pronounced letter by letter. IRS and CIA are examples of this is known as abbreviation

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Correct Answer: True

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An approach to capturing and editing video that keeps all action on one side of a 188degree axis to avoid “jump cuts” and disorienting video is known as 180-degree rule

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Correct Answer: False

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