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Out of date terms used in broadcasting talk
AngusMast
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I always laugh when someone says such-and-such a programme is "filmed" when film hasn't been used in decades for most programmes. People even say live programmes are filmed.
Also the term terrestrial has often been misused since the start of DTT.
So what other terms no longer make literal sense?
Also the term terrestrial has often been misused since the start of DTT.
So what other terms no longer make literal sense?
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Or "originated "...
But a file insert may still be called vt,
Roll (originally from roll film) V.T. (Video Tape) - Now almost always on server
Roll titles etc
Grams (music)
These are now generic terms like hoover and biro. The public understand them so they continue to be used. I do object to newspapers using the term digital TV for anything not on channels 1-5 but as they use centigrade when its cold (brr -4 tonight) but Fahrenheit when it's hot (phew 85 today) thats a lost cause.
Flash bulbs went out about 40 years ago. You used to get a row of them on a disposable rack or if you were really posh ones that slotted into some massive flash reflector.
What's worse is the Sundays Times listing magazine "Culture" has a ratings section, it's lists 1-5 Top 10's then a Top 10 for "Satellite" which lists the ratings for all channels that aren't 1-5
''And now the local news where you are'' The local news in the village where I live has never featured on the BBC or ITV (we get it in the pub)
The national weather forecast mentions the area where you live and then the regional forecast comes on with a totally different interpretation
BBC News Saturday nights before MOTD: If you don't want to know the results look away now (and the sound continues)
Sports presenters on the BBC News channel who are never properly identified with a simple name caption but ''And now for the sport over to Fred....''
Reporters (all channels) who insist on standing in a noisy street with traffic roaring past so their words are inaudible (why not go round the corner where it's quiet)
Reporters (all channels) who are driving but constantly turning to the camera to deliver their words of wisdom which must endanger anyone in the car with them
Not really, since DTT stands for Digital Terrestial Television.
I think that is for the Scots with a chip on each shoulder, it avoids using the word 'region'.
As someone who works in Broadcasting, I can tell you why they do indeed film multiple outcomes. They know there's a high possibility one will leak to the press, so they sometimes facilitate that themselves to keep the press off the track of the real one. And even though the scripts for the week after will have been written, they're usually written with a degree of flexibility so that it could be changed last minute if they wanted to.
The leak thing happened with Dallas - one of the 10 or so outcomes of Who Shot JR leaked to the press who reported on it, and it actually helped keep the show in the papers because people were speculating on the (wrong) person's motives for doing it.
Film itself may be no longer used but the term is a standard one which we all continue to use as it is understood by all so therefore not outdated and it is an awful lot quicker than saying "this programme was captured live using digital cinematography"
I heard Bill O'Reilly say 'roll VT; on comedy channel Fox News only about a week ago.
You're in the pub at breakfat time??:o:o:o
They also say it at 1.30, 6.30 and 10.30:D
It means Recorded as Live
But surely anything is live at the point of recording ?
It means they recorded it all in one go, and didn't keep stopping to do retakes etc.
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