TV Terminology

  Today in class, we learned about all the different television terms we can use when awe are talking about our news station. Once I learned all the terms, I was able to identify the parts of WDRB, my news station, that went along with the terms. For example, I now know that when one of the reporters is at the location of the place they are talking about in the news story, this called a remote. They are reporting live from a location outside of the news studio. I also know that when an anchor or reporter says, "Back to you Tom," this is called a toss because they are introducing someone else with a new story. I also am able to identify WDRB's blocks, or the parts of the show between breaks. WDRB usually has three blocks with the beginning being the longest, the second starting with the second very long weather report, and the last is really short an usually covers sports. One of the things I found kind of funny was that when WDRB has teasers of stories that will be later in the show, they ALWAYS say, "Still to come..."; I have never not heard them say that when WDRB is giving teasers. Now that I have learned all of this TV terminology, I will be able to successfully use it in the future and in my media critique.