I am searching for the name of an arrangement typically used in news-broadcast designs, exemplified below (Terror in Boston, with rectangle above). In French we call these mortaise, but I cannot find the English term for it.
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My question got edited but this kind of graphics has a name in the broadcast field, just like you could say something is a "header" or a "folio" or a "table of contents". I am not looking for a style name.– curious ♦Commented Aug 15, 2015 at 23:51
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1You may have better luck with this question at video.stackexchange.com -- where the video folks hang out.– ScottCommented Aug 16, 2015 at 17:55
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As a professional video editor working in broadcast, and as a college-educated broadcast journalist, this graphic is indeed called an "over-the-shoulder" (or OTS, for short).
Although a naming convention for Television News Graphical Layout might exist, the names for those kind of graphical elements may vary from place to place in the world depending on how a certain culture/business field prefer to reference/call those. Anyway, the one in the image you provided I believed it's called "Over the Shoulder", see this paper for more details.
The graphic element "Over the Shoulder", normally appears in the news that has higher impact, therefore revealing the relevance of the news story. The term "Over the Shoulders" is applied because it generally appears in the superior part of the shoulder of the anchor. The "Over the Shoulders" is usually accompanied with an image or icon, with the intention of establishing a link with the news story being presented.
Many of these elements are sold as ready made video packs, most of the time as editable After Effects projects on marketplaces such as videohive.net which usually include elements such as Openers, Bugs, Lower Thirds, Split Screens, Text Tickers, Over the Shoulders, Info Screens, Bumpers, and many others.
I hope it helps.
answered Oct 6, 2015 at 15:25
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"Over the shoulder" is not apropiate term, becouse it is a ciematograpy one used to see a part of the interlocutor when you are photographing the main actor.– RafaelCommented Oct 6, 2015 at 15:45
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I agree with you in part. However, it doesn't mean it couldn't be used to describe this specific graphical element too. I've just enhanced the answer details, and I'm researching now for more references. Indeed it seems to be a common name so far used by the News TV Channels worldwide. A simple google search should return some valid results google.com.br/… Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 16:00
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Additional reading resource here: books.google.com.br/… Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 16:01
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