talking head

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talking head

n. Slang

1. The image of a person, as on a television documentary or news show, who talks at length directly to the camera and usually appears on the screen with only the head and upper part of the body visible.

2. The person thus televised.

talking head

(Communication Arts / Broadcasting) (on television) a person, such as a newscaster, who is shown only from the shoulders up, and speaks without the use of any illustrative material

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talking head - a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen

speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"

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