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TETE-COUPEE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-05-11
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Video Technology
- Television Arts
- Cinematography
- Informatics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- talking head
1, record 1, English, talking%20head
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
any person who appears in a production, usually shot from the waist or shoulders up, talking straight to camera. A typical example of this is the well-known style of the television newsreader. 2, record 1, English, - talking%20head
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Talking heads are very popular in corporate and training programmes and films, but too much use of this approach, without cutaway visuals to break it up, tends to be boring and tedious. 2, record 1, English, - talking%20head
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 DEF
The televised image of the head of a person who is talking. 3, record 1, English, - talking%20head
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
"As I sit or lie in my attic room, I hear them ranting away, like "talking heads", without bodies." (p. 11, Drifting Cities, traduit du grec par Kay Cicellis). 4, record 1, English, - talking%20head
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
dialogue show; show with essentially spoken messages; boring; no movement. (T.V.) 4, record 1, English, - talking%20head
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Vidéotechnique
- Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
- Cinématographie
- Informatique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- tête parlante
1, record 1, French, t%C3%AAte%20parlante
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- tête-coupée 2, record 1, French, t%C3%AAte%2Dcoup%C3%A9e
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Visage animée et vocal sur un écran. 1, record 1, French, - t%C3%AAte%20parlante
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
«Tête-coupée». Dans cette expression, il faut voir une allusion à une attraction foraine grecque : la tête d'un homme «sans corps» débite des discours interminables. (Cités à la dérive, traduit par Catherine Lerouvre et Chrysa Prokopaki). 2, record 1, French, - t%C3%AAte%20parlante
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
L'expression «talking head», prise au sens de l'image captée par une caméra, correspond au plan rapproché, soit à un cadrage de la tête d'une personne allant jusqu'à la poitrine ou à la taille. L'expression «plan rapproché», quoique plus technique dans ce cas, peut néanmoins s'adapter à la plupart des contextes. 3, record 1, French, - t%C3%AAte%20parlante
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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