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WAIST SHOT [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The part of the racket immediately below the racket head, i.e. the neck that joins the head of the racket to its handle; the upper part of the shaft.

CONT

While preparing oneself mentally to volley the next shot, players should be in ready position, racket held up higher than waist level with the hand of the non-hitting arm cradling the throat of the racket.

CONT

Characterized by a stringbed that extends further into the throat area, the Extender has received some criticism because of its wide beam and oversized racquet face.

OBS

Often times the non-lexicalized unit "throat of a racket" is used synonymously in the place of "(racket) throat."

PHR

Lowering of the throat.

PHR

To drop, cradle, lower the throat.

Key term(s)
  • throat of the racquet
  • racquet throat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

La partie entre le manche et le cordage d'une raquette.

CONT

Le cœur est généralement ouvert; sa forme joue sur la flexibilité du cadre et sur la dimension de la zone d'impact.

CONT

Cœur en mousse injectée.

CONT

Pour que les changements de prise soient facilités, il est recommandé d'utiliser la main opposée afin de soutenir à la gorge de la raquette le poids de celle-ci entre les coups, relâchant ainsi l'emprise de la main jouant.

OBS

Terme se rapportant à la raquette de tennis.

PHR

Cœur inversé, évidé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

La garganta suele estar escindida y su forma afecta en el grado de flexibilidad del marco y la amplitud del centro de percusión.

CONT

Para la empuñadura «este de derecha», cogeremos la raqueta por el cuello con la mano izquierda [...]

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Record 2 2006-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
  • Television Arts
  • Cinematography
  • Informatics
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.

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.

DEF

The televised image of the head of a person who is talking.

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).

OBS

dialogue show; show with essentially spoken messages; boring; no movement. (T.V.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Cinématographie
  • Informatique
DEF

Visage animée et vocal sur un écran.

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).

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.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
  • Cinematography
DEF

Motion picture shot covering a limited area of a scene in which mainly localized action is taking place and the actors typically seen as half or three quarter length figures. This is usually a section of the whole setting of a sequence and is intermediate between a long shot and a close up.

DEF

In video and film production, a camera shot that includes all of one person, two people from the waist up, or an object or angle from a relatively close position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Image où les personnages sont montrés en pied, mais où le décor n'a plus qu'une importance très secondaire.

OBS

Le plan moyen, contrairement au plan de demi-ensemble, relègue le décor au second plan pour s'attacher aux personnages qu'il veut nous présenter.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas de video
  • Cinematografía
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Record 4 1999-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
  • Television Arts
DEF

A camera shot taken from a performer's waist to just above his head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
DEF

Plan où les personnages sont pris à partir de la taille.

Spanish

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Record 5 1979-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

Any player who while taking or attempting to take a shot raises the blade of the stick above the waist on BOTH the back swing and the follow through shall be considered to have taken an illegal shot and shall be assessed a minor penalty.

OBS

See rule 68(a) in ACHA-6E 51.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
OBS

Tout joueur, lorsqu'il lance ou tente de lancer la rondelle, et qui élève la lame de son bâton plus haut que le niveau de la ceinture lorsqu'il ramène ce dernier vers l'arrière et qu'il prolonge le mouvement vers l'avant, sera considéré comme ayant exécuté un lancer irrégulier et on lui infligera une pénalité mineure.

OBS

Voir article 68(a) dans ACHA-6F 51.

Spanish

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