(thing) by Pseudo_Intellectual Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:14:41

In theatre terms, talking heads are when you have two actors on stage at the same time conversing without engaging in any simultaneous action to keep the audience on their toes.

I like it!
(thing) by mdwyer Fri Jan 19 2001 at 4:54:39
Descriptive of the standard 1-shot used in TV news shows. The shot features pretty much all of the head, and just a touch of the shoulders of the news anchor/host. You see little more than a talking head.

The most famous talking head would have to be Network 23's Max Headroom, who only existed as an electronic talking head -- that is, he only had a head and a chunk of shoulders.

I like it!

Log in or register to write something here or to contact authors.