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| 180degreerule | |
Peter John Ross's instructional video Moviemaking Techniques and Other Indie Film Tips offers a real-life example in which a cut across the 180-degree line violates screen direction. | 9 | 180 Degree Rule - Moviemaking Technique | |
| 1984 | |
The most unequivocal TV-commercial attack on dystopia is the Apple Computer spot which announced the release of the Macintosh computer in 1984. Apple drew heavily upon George Orwell’s 1984 (originally published in 1949), which contains the best-known dystopia in twentieth-century fiction. | 5 | Apple-1984 | |
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Short URL test. | 0 | New York Reality-TV School | |
| 50cent | |
Corporeal (bodily) attributes carry clearer meanings than facial ones. 50 Cent's muscular, tattooed physique conveys strength and masculine sexuality in music videos like Candy Shop and In Da Club. | 3 | 50 Cent - Candy Shop ft. Olivia | |
| additivecolor |  |
Video and film take different approaches to creating color images.Video constructs colors by adding them together (additive color). | 8 | File:AdditiveColor.svg | |
| adviews | |
A Digital Archive of Vintage Television Commercials | 5 | A Digital Archive of Vintage Television Commercials | |
| afvclip | |
In an AFV clip where a man is run over by a small motorbike we can see how low-resolution style guarantees its authenticity. | 8 | America's Funniest Home Videos: Low-Definition Video | |
| afvcrane | |
In a crane shot from the studio portion of America’s Favorite Home Videos (AFV), the camera moves from near the studio floor, up and over the heads of the audience, to find host Tom Bergeron in their midst. | 1 | America's Funniest Home Videos: Studio Crane Shots | |
| amc | |
Although multiple-camera shooting arranges space similarly to the space of single-camera productions, the action within that space—the physical movement of the actors—is presented somewhat differently, as can be seen in this All My Children scene. | 9 | Multiple Camera Editing in "All My Children" | |
| amc01 | |
On the episode of All My Children aired December 6, 2005, the first scene is Del and Babe discussing her child-custody fight with J.R., while he (J.R.) eavesdrops on the two of them. In fact, the very first shot is of the eavesdropper, before any other context is established. | 2 | Narrative Structure in "All My Children": Part 1 | |
| amc02 | |
Each serial narrative segment ends with a small climax, which raises new enigmas rather than leading to resolutions. | 2 | Narrative Structure in "All My Children": Part 2 | |
| amc03 | |
Almost by definition, serials cannot have total resolution. | 2 | Narrative Structure in "All My Children": Part 3 | |
| anacin | |
Rosser Reeves created a series of cleverly worded commercials that feature a fanciful animated representation of an ailment he dubbed the "tension headache". | 5 | Vintage Anacin Pain Reliever Commercial | |
| animation | |
Discontinued "Animated Television" chapter. | Animated Television | ||
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| archive | |
Access to commercials for research purposes can readily be found on the public-domain site, Archive.org. | 6 | Archive.org | |
| arresteddevelopment | |
An unidentified narrator (Ron Howard) comments on the hapless Bluth family in Arrested Development (2003-06). | 10 | Arrested Development | |
| arri | |
Image resolution figures were taken from a publication by Arri, a major film-equipment company. Hans Kiening, "4K+ Systems: Theory Basics for Motion Picture Imaging". | 8 | ||
| atwt | |
Three As the World Turns Web pages have the same short URL link. This page explains the error. | 2 | As the World Turns link error | |
| atwtcredits | |
Hyperactive letters and logos often seem to be flying past us or us toward them. Examine the opening credits for As the World Turns—a program not known for its visual flourishes | 5 | Motion Graphics in "As the World Turns" | |
| atwtediting | |
In multiple-camera programs, the framing of action is less well controlled and somewhat haphazard. | 10 | Multicamera Editing in "As the World Turns" | |
| atwtryan | |
The use of gestures is clearly one of the actor’s main resources. Meg Ryan’s performances, for instance, feature gestures that are so broad and active that they sometimes catch camera operators by surprise. | 3 | Gestural Performance in "As the World Turns" | |
| audiopost | |
FilmSound.org presents a "learning space dedicated to the art and analyses of film sound design." | 10 | POST AUDIO FAQ's | |
| bartles | |
The first Bartles & Jaymes Wine cooler ad. | 5 | Bartles & Jaymes Commercial | |
| bigbang | |
In one scene from the first season of The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon, Howard (Simon Helberg), and Rajesh (Kunal Nayyar) discuss a road trip. | 3 | The Big Bang Theory - Long Beach Road Trip | |
| blackorwhite | |
Morphing found its widest exposure in Michael Jackson’s Black or White music video and television commercials in the 1990s. | 5 | Identity morphs from Michael Jackson's Black or White video | |
| bliss | |
A Coca-Cola spot from 2000 that presents a rave party in the woods. | 5 | ||
| bosnia | |
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| boxoffice | |
As of 2011 Raiders is still one of the top 20 box office leaders of all time; number one is Gone with the Wind (1939). Source: "Domestic Grosses: Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation," Box Office Mojo, August 15, 2011. | 2 | DOMESTIC GROSSES Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation | |
| burns | |
George Burns comes out and, speaking in front of a curtain as if in a theater, he talks to the in-studio audience and, by extension, to the audience viewing at home. | 3 | How George Met Gracie | |
| bw | |
A black-and-white spot about estrogen loss during menopause, sponsored by the pharmaceutical company American Home Products was broadcast, among other places, during the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005), which, not surprisingly, is in color. | 5 | Ad With Lauren Hutton on Estrogen Loss | |
| cannon | |
The deep bass voice of William Conrad helped create the tough, masculine character of detective Frank Cannon (Cannon [1971-76]) and earned him many jobs doing voiceover work for commercials | 3 | Allerest - Allerest Alert (Commercial, 1980) | |
| cantgetenough | |
A group of models in their twenties sits or stands in front of a white background, faces the camera directly, and lip syncs to music such as Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough." | 5 | Gap Commercial - Just Can't Get Enough | |
| capturingstillshd | |
This tutorial focuses on HD video legally purchased from the iTunes store and not Blu-ray discs. We will see how free software may be used to capture high-quality stills, with relatively little effort. | 0 | Capturing Stills From High-Definition Video | |
| carls | |
One unlikely example of a recent sex-food association may be found in a Carl's, Jr. commercial promoting its premium salads and featuring Kim Kardashian. | 5 | HD - Sexy Commercial - Carl's Jr Kim Kardashian - HD | |
| chevbaseball | |
During the contentious 1970s, Chevrolet's ads sang the virtues of "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet ". | 5 | 1975 Chevy TV ad: Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie & Chevrolet | |
| chevroletframes | |
The same holds true for the temporal order of shots on television, as can be illustrated by manipulating the order of the 44 shots in the Chevrolet commercial. | 12 | Chevrolet Commercial | |
| chevroletvideo | |
A simple shot from a 1959 Chevrolet commercial begins with a close-up of a license plate and tracks back to show a girl in the car, who then looks off to the right. | 12 | Editing Exercise Using 1959 Chevrolet Commercial: Original | |
| cinemetrics | |
CineMetrics' statistical analysis of film/TV style. | 12 | CINEMETRICS DATABASE | |
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| clipdvd | |
This brief tutorial explains how to quickly assemble a simple DVD of film clips on a Mac. | Clip-DVD Tutorial (For Mac) | ||
| compression | |
Additional examples of distortion caused by image compression. | 8 | Image Compression | |
| control | |
David Caruso's performance in NYPD Blue illustrates how he frequently lowered his voice to command respect--whether talking to a hostage taker or to a judge. | 3 | Vocal Performance | |
| coorslight | |
Commercials for Coors Light beer make obvious connections between the natural qualities of the Rocky Mountains and Coors beer by suggesting that you "Tap the Rockies". | 5 | Tap the Rockies (frisbee) | |
| cranes | |
A traditional camera crane or boom looks just like a crane on a construction site, except that there is a camera mounted on one end. | 8 | products | |
| csifocus | |
In CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-10), director Nathan Hope has placed a reconstructed vase in the foreground of the image, out of focus. He racks focus to the technician in the background. | 8 | Rack Focus and Camera Movement in CSI | |
| csivideo | |
In one episode of CSI shot on film (before the series converted to video), a woman points a video camera at the investigators. When she does we cut to what the video camera is supposedly recording and we also change from 35mm film, on which this episode originated, to video—allowing us to compare/contrast the two formats. In the video shot, not only is the resolution reduced, but the colors shift and the contrast is higher. | 8 | Contrasting Image Formats in "CSI" | |
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| damages | |
Sound and image mismatch in the August 14, 2007 episode of Damages (2007-), a program known for complicated flashbacks. | 10 | Sound, Image and Time in Damages | |
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| deepfocus | |
André Bazin's principles are explained and illustrated in an amusing online video essay by Majestic Micro Movies. | 8 | Essay #1 | |
| delsarte | |
Genevieve Stebbins learned the Delsarte method from Steele MacKaye, one of Delsarte's students. See Genevieve Stebbins, Delsarte System of Expression. | 3 | Delsarte System of expression | |
| digitalmediaprimer | |
A Digital Media Primer for Geeks. | 10 | A Digital Media Primer For Geeks/Episode 01 | |
| dolly | |
In a Grey's Anatomy scene one can see the camera operator seated on the dolly, with a grip pushing him and a focus puller adjusting the focus as Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Derek(Patrick Dempsey) talk in a hallway. | 8 | Set of Grey's Anatomy Behind the Scenes; Filming Season 3 | |
| dollyresult | |
The resulting shot, as it appears in the episode, is only eight seconds long and combines a pan with the dolly shot (the difference in Meredith’s wardrobe suggests that the behind the scenes shot is of a rehearsal or alternative take). | 8 | Dolly Camerawork in "Grey's Anatomy" | |
| donnareed | |
In this episode of The Donna Reed Show, Donna takes umbrage at being called a pushover and the ideal wife by her friends. She tries to prove that she's not perfect by speaking sharply to her family, but, in the end, she just confirms her selfless nature. | 10 | The Donna Reed Show | |
| drescher | |
The harsh, nasal tone of Maggie Wheeler contributed to the annoying nature of Janice in the Friends episode discussed in Chapter 2 just as a similarly voiced Fran Drescher used her voice in The Nanny. | 3 | The Nanny - Fran Fine meets Fran Drescher | |
| easytone | |
A Reebok ad for EasyTone shoes is in black and white, until it actually presents the shoes to the viewer. | 5 | HD - Sexy Commercial - Reebok Easytone - HD | |
| editingex | |
All of the materials for this DIY editing exercise may be found at tvcrit. | 0 | ||
| energizer | |
In a commercial for the nonexistent Nasatine sinus medicine is suspended when the drum-beating Energizer bunny comes through. | 5 | Energizer Bunny" - Introduction - 1989 | |
| engel | |
Actor Georgia Engel's high voice contributed to character Georgette Baxter's femininity in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. | 3 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Mary Moves Out, Part 1 of 2 | |
| ermovement | |
The single-camera show ER (1994–2009) was shot on highly elaborate four-wall sets that spanned two normally separate sound stages. Its spinning camera movements frequently revealed the presence of all four walls and the camera would often travel through the corridors of the emergency room. | 7 | Camera Movement & 4-Walled Sets in "ER" | |
| falk | |
Peter Falk’s slow delivery of crime scene analysis in Columbo (1971–77) masks his quick and clever deductive skills. | 3 | Columbo's Great Investigative Style | |
| fanfictionbib | |
0 | Fan Fiction and Fan Communities [bibliography] | ||
| fanvidding | |
An explanation of fanvidding. | 13 | OTW Fanvidding series: What is Vidding" | |
| fedex | |
In the 1980s, Federal Express featured fast-talker John Moschitta, Jr. in a series of successful ads. | 5 | FedEx commercial with John Moschitta | |
| feylateshow | |
Tina Fey on The Late Show with David Letterman in 2010. | 3 | Mutual Savings Bank - Hi! - Featuring Tina Fey | |
| feymutual | |
Fey appeared in her first commercial in 1995-a regional one for Mutual Savings Bank. | 3 | Mutual Savings Bank - Hi! - Featuring Tina Fey | |
| labyrinth | |
Experimental endeavors such as the University of Southern California's Labyrinth Project have explored transmedia's potential to a greater degree than the broadcast networks. | 2 | A Research Initiative for Creating New Models of Database Narrative and Digital Scholarship | |
| mac | |
Bernie Mac directly addresses the camera in The Bernie Mac Show. | 3 | The Bernie Mac show Pilot | |
| madmen | |
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| malcolm | |
Malcolm speaks directly to the Malcolm in the Middle viewer, while his brother sleeps behind him. | 3 | Direct Address in "Malcolm in the Middle" | |
| manley | |
Bob Fisher, “A Conversation with Chris Manley | 9 | A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS MANLEY, ASC by Bob Fisher | |
| marty | |
One such actor was Rod Steiger, who trained alongside Brando at the Actors Studio and brought the Method to the title role of Marty. | 3 | The Method in TV: Marty | |
| mci | |
An ad for the MCI Network explicitly alludes to utopia. | 5 | MCI TV Ad 1994 | |
| mediadecoder | |
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| meek | |
The meanings of volume are varied. Loudness may signify strength, or it may signify shrillness or terror. Softness may signify meekness, or it may signify a control so total that speaking loudly is not necessary. | 3 | Vocal Performance & Volume | |
| metaphor | |
This commercial for an Italian car, the Fiat 500 Arbarth, contains a visual metaphor to communicate the idea that the car is equivalent to a sexually attractive woman. | 5 | Metaphor in TV Commercials: Fiat 500 Abarth | |
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| mmlighting | |
A lighting plot (a diagram of the position of lights on a set) for Mad Men reveals that cinematographer Chris Manley used at least 10 different types of lights and arrayed dozens of them over the space of the Drapers' home. | 7 | Mad Men materials | |
| modernfamily | |
Characters look directly at the camera as if they were in a documentary. | 10 | Modern Family | |
| morphing | |
An ABC News story in 1991 revealed the behind-the-scenes work that went into morphing at that time. | 5 | Morphing in 1991 | |
| musiclicensing | |
The "Glossary of Music Licensing Terms". | 10 | Glossary | |
| musictv | |
The discontinued "Music Television" chapter, by Blaine Allan, from the third edition of Television | Music Television | ||
| newhart | |
Bob Newhart’s trademark of halting, interrupted speech signifies his characters’ lack of confidence. | 3 | Vocal Rhythm in "The Bob Newhart Show" | |
| newsfortvmajors | |
0 | News for TV Majors | ||
| nfr | |
"National Film Registry," Library of Congress, December 6, 2005 | 2 | National Film Preservation Board National Film Registry | |
| nielsenchannels | |
Nielsen Media Research, "Average U.S. Home Now Receives a Record 118.6 TV Channels, According to Nielsen," Nielsen.com, June 6, 2008 | 5 | ||
| noxzema | |
In tight close-up, Gunilla Knutson, a former Miss Sweden, suggestively runs her lips across a string of pearls. | 5 | Noxzema Medicated Instant Shave | |
| office | |
The Office employs the conventions of TV news and "interviews" the characters, having them look directly at the camera as if they were non-fiction. See Dwight's interview at 1:38 of this clip. | 10 | All The Office Video | |
| oldspice | |
The hugely popular Old Spice body wash ads feature a man (Isaiah Mustafa) emerging from a shower which suddenly transforms into a boat deck and then a horse. | 5 | Old Spice | The Man Your Man Could Smell Like | |
| order | |
0 | Television Critical Methods and Applications, 3rd Edition | ||
| outoffocus | |
We do not shift focus to the background. Similarly, a Lyrica drug ad superimposes its logo and a side-effect warning over an out of focus image of women in a garden. | 5 | Imbalanced Composition in a Lyrica Commercial | |
| panandscan | |
In the pan-and-scan version, however, the pan and scan frame quickly scans across the image with the mug as it moves through the original frame, thus keeping the mug centered in the pan and scan frame. | 8 | Clip Library Pan-and-Scan in "He Said, She Said" | |
| philco | |
A 1950s commercial for Philco refrigerators has a cartoon pixie flitting about the crisper and ends with text fading in over a seal of quality: “Philco famous for quality the world over” | 5 | Graphics in a Philco Refrigerator Commercial | |
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| raiders01 | |
The opening shot, beneath the credits, presents the hero as a mysterious silhouette. | 2 | Exposition in "Raiders" | |
| raiders02 | |
Indy’s antagonist, Belloq, is obliterated—thus resolving their longstanding competition | 2 | Narrative Climax in "Raiders" | |
| raiders03 | |
After the apocalyptic destruction of the Nazis, Raiders of the Lost Ark resolves its narrative by showing us Indy and Marion getting together for a drink and, in the very last shot, the Ark being stored in an anonymous crate in a huge warehouse. | 2 | Narrative Resolution in "Raiders" | |
| raidersscript | |
You may wish to study Raiders's narrative structure by examining its screenplay. | 2 | RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK | |
| reebok | |
A Reebok add implies oral sex. | 5 | Reebok 'Snakebite' TV Commercial | |
| reflexivity | |
One Diet Coke ad,for instance, has Paula Abdul dancing with and talking to long-dead film actors: Gene Kelly, Cary Grant, and Groucho Marx | 5 | Paula Abdul (amazing hot body) 1989 | |
| replacements | |
In two music videos for the Replacements' Tim album all that is seen is a black-andwhite shot of an audio speaker in a room. | 3 | The Replacements - Bastards Of Young (Video) | |
| rtnda | |
The Radio-Television News Directors Association's "Code of Ethics and Standards" | 4 | Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct | |
| s | |
NBC’s The Office (2005–), for example, has expanded its narrative beyond what we see weekly on TV. The program’s paper company, Dunder Mifflin, has its own fake Website at dundermifflin.com. | 2 | Dunder Mifflin: A Micro-Cap Regional Paper and Office Supply Distributor | |
| sanford | |
The living room, neighboring junkyard, and storefront of Sanford and Son (1972-1977) help establish Fred Sanford's social class and lifestyle. | 3 | Sanford And Son TV Show Opening Theme Season One 1972 | |
| schick | |
Notably, a Schick Tracer razor commercial morphs between a variety of faces—effectively communicating the idea that the Tracer will fit any shaped face and simultaneously getting viewers to concentrate on the ad by violating the reality of human physiognomy as when a white man transforms into a black one. | 5 | Schick face morph commercial | |
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| screenwriting | |
Clive Young provides an overview of "5 Free Online Screenwriting Programs," Fan Cinema Today, June 3, 2009 | 6 | 5 Free Online Screenwriting Programs | |
| shotlogger | |
Shot Logger is a service to aid the statistical analysis of TV and film style. | 13 | Data | |
| sightsoundmotion | |
0 | Sight Sound Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics, 4th Edition | ||
| slomo | |
In a Mountain Dew commercial a cyclist chases a cheetah and pulls a can of soda from its throat. | 5 | Mountain Dew Cheetah BBDO New York 2000 | |
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| sopranos | |
After Tony Soprano gets out of the car, director David Chase shoots him with a handheld camera as he further assaults his victim | 8 | The Sopranos: Hand-Held Camera | |
| soundeffects | |
Sound designer David Filskov's "Guide to Sound Effects". | 10 | THE GUIDE TO SOUND EFFECTS | |
| soundex | |
All of the materials for this DIY editing exercise may be found at tvcrit.com/find/soundex. | 0 | ||
| steadicam | |
Many hospital shows have relied on a Steadicam, as can be seen in another behind-the-scenes video from Grey's Anatomy--with a Steadicam operator following Meredith and Derek down the hall. | 8 | Set of Grey's Anatomy Behind the Scenes; Filming Season 3 | |
| steadicamshot | |
In the resulting scene, the long take of them walking and turning the corner has been cut into several Steadicam shots, ranging from an establishing long shot to medium close-ups | 8 | Steadicam Use in Grey's Anatomy | |
| streetcar | |
In contrast, Marlon Brando’s smile in A Streetcar Named Desire is quite predatory as he sizes up his sister-in-law. | 3 | The Method in Film: A Streetcar Named Desire | |
| strike | |
In Eisenstein's film, Strike, he intercut shots of heroic striking workers being beaten by police with shots of a bull being slaughtered. | 5 | Intellectual Montage--Eisenstein's strike | |
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| subjectivehandheld | |
Handheld movement is often used when we are seeing through a character’s eyes—as was mentioned above regarding dolly shots. | 8 | THE GRADUATE - Subjective Shot | |
| subtractivecolor |  |
Subtratctive color: As white light from a projector lamp passes through a piece of motion-picture film, yellow, magenta (reddish), and cyan (bluish) colors are filtered out of the light. | 8 | File:SubtractiveColor.svg |  |
| tacobellad | |
A 2008 commercial for Taco Bell illustrates the commercial's flexible use of classical editing. | 5 | Editing in TV Commercials: Taco Bell | |
| tenthings | |
David Gauntlett takes a highly critical view of effects research in "Ten Things Wrong with the Media 'Effects' Model," in Roger Dickinson, Ramaswani Harindranath, and Olga Linn, eds., Approaches to Audiences. | 13 | Ten Things Wrongs with the Media Effects Model | |
| terminator | |
A morph takes two dissimilar objects and creates a seamless transition from one to the other. In so doing, it creates a strange, reality-violating hybrid of two familiar objects. Morphing first came to viewers’ attention in the films Willow (1988) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). | 5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Official Trailer [1991] | |
| thomasvshill | |
In 1991, the televised Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas foregrounded sexual and racial politics when he was accused of sexual harassment by law professor Anita Hill. | 13 | Oct. 11. 1991: Clarence Thomas Hearings | |
| tinafey | |
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| tomwaits | |
Tom Waits composed “Way Down in the Hole,” but different recordings of it were used as the theme song for The Wire’s different seasons: The Blind Boys of Alabama (season 1), Tom Waits himself. | 10 | The Wire Season Two Titles (Tom Waits) | |
| top50 | |
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| topwebvideos | |
0 | The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos | ||
| tpmm | |
Television Production Music Museum | 10 | Museum of Television Production Music | |
| transformative | |
The Organization for Transformative Works' Website. | 13 | Organization for Transformative Works | |
| transmediastorytelling101 | |
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| travelers | |
In animation today, characters are usually computer generated--as in the current incarnation of the Pillsbury Doughboy, the Coca-Cola polar bears, or the very photo-realistic rattlesnake and rabbits in a Travelers Insurance spot. | 5 | travelers insurance rattlesnake | |
| tvhistory | |
0 | One of the greatest 20th century inventions. Learn about the history of TV-set design, development and marketing. | ||
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| tvratingstop25 | |
0 | TV Ratings Top 25: The Bachelorette Finale & NFL Preseason Lead Week’s Ratings | ||
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| uglybetty | |
In Figure 10.6, a scene from the series finale of Ugly Betty, we see a long shot of Betty’s neighborhood where her father Ignacio (Tony Plana) is cooking on a grill. | 10 | Mismatched Sound-Image Perspective in "Ugly Betty" | |
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| vaudeville | |
Even though vaudeville as a medium no longer exists, the style of performance it used survives in many television forms. | 0 | American Variety Stage Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment | |
| vfx | |
In a DirecTV ad a man uses a TV remote control to pause and restart futuristic robots battling in his house--moving from the kitchen to the dining room to the bedroom. | 5 | Robots - DIRECTV Whole-Home DVR Commercial | |
| virtualbacklot | |
0 | Stargate Studios Virtual Backlot Reel 2009 | ||
| vivre | |
Brechtian performance theory has found fertile soil in the cinema of filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard, whose 1960s work aspired to transpose the epic theater to the cinema. | 3 | Vivre sa vie Trailer (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962) | |
| vrw | |
0 | Scholarly Resources for Victorian Research | ||
| vsmiracle | |
In an ad for the Natural Miracle Bra, Victoria's Secret mainly speaks to female viewers. | 5 | Heidi klum vs natural miracle bra | |
| vssuperbowl | |
During the 1999 Super Bowl between the Denver Broncos and the Atlanta Falcons, Victoria's Secret advertised a Web-based fashion show by addressing itself principally to male viewers. | 5 | Sexual Appeals in a Victoria's Secret Commercial | |
| web20 | |
Tim O'Reilly discusses "Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software" | 0 | What Is Web 2.0 | |
| willow | |
A morph takes two dissimilar objects and creates a seamless transition from one to the other. In so doing, it creates a strange, reality-violating hybrid of two familiar objects. Morphing first came to viewers’ attention in the films Willow (1988) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). | 5 | Morphing in "Willow" | |
| winndixie | |
Most frequently, commercials have used black-and-white or sepia-toned images to allude to the past--as can be seen in a Winn Dixie grocery store commercial that starts with black-and-white shots of a mother and daughter in 1960s attire and then transforms them into color consumers when they enter the store | 5 | Black And White in Commercials: Winn-Dixie | |
| wisk | |
In a series of commercials, a wife and mother is repeatedly shamed for being unable to deal with the "ring around the collar" problem--until, that is,she learns to apply Wisk directly to the offending stains. [The Wisk commercial is the third one in this online clip.] | 5 | 3 Commercials from same 1968 broadcast (1968) | |
| yourls | |
Television's URL shortener runs on YOURLS software. | 0 | YOURLS: Your Own URL Shortener | |
| youtube | |
If you discount professionally made music videos, YouTube's most-viewed videos are almost always amateur productions. | 1 | YouTube Charts | |
| youtubealltime | |
YouTube's list of all-time most popular videos. | 1 | Charts - YouTube |