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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aspect Ratio | the relationship between the width and height of an image; conventional video and TV is 4:3; widescreen 16:9 |
| B-roll (cut away) | supplemental or alternate footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary |
| Burning | the process of transferring or recording data to an optical disk, i.e. DVD |
| Duration | the span between the in point and the out point of a video clip |
| Fading | one image slowly dissolves to display the next image or fades to black |
| File Compression | reducing the file size of video while maintaining acceptable quality |
| Frame Rate | the number of frames recorded per second |
| Frame Size | also referred to as resolution, expressed by the horizontal and vertical dimensions of a frame |
| Lower Thirds | in the television industry, an element placed in the lower area of the screen, though not necessarily the entire lower third; example, sports scores or news highlights across the bottom of the screen |
| Nat sounds | natural sounds; the sounds that would naturally occur where video is being shot |
| NTSC | broadcast standard used in North America; uses 4:3 aspect ratio with 29.97 fps |
| Render | to build a preview of a project from the source files such as video clips, audio clips, titles, graphics, transitions, etc. |
| Rolling credits | credits at the end of a video production that gradually roll up the screen in a continuous list |
| Scrubbing | a manual preview of a video project |
| Sound Bite | short piece of an speech or interview used in video production |
| Superimpose | layering images or video |
| Templates | a format used to provide a consistent look and feel to a production; can be predefined by the software or created by the developer |
| Timeline | an editing interface that lays out a video project in a linear fashion |
| Title overlay | superimposing text on an image or video |
| Transition | special effects set to occur between the frames in a video production |
| PAL | broadcast standard used in most of Europe and the rest of the world; uses 4:3 ratio with 25fps |
| Backlight Compensation | the ability of a camera to compensate in cases where a subject with a large amount of background light would otherwise be obscured |
| Bird's Eye View | a scene shot from directly above the action |
| Cut | a scene change in a movie; a quick move from one scene to another |
| Establishing shot | usually the first shot of a scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place |
| Eye level | a camera angle which shows the subject as we would expect to see them in real life |
| Footage | raw, unedited material as it had been originally recorded |
| High Angle | a camera angle that shows the subject from above; camera is angled down towards the subject; not as extreme as bird's eye view |
| Low angle | a camera angle that shows the subject from below; camera is angled up towards the subject |
| Over the shoulder | a camera angle that looks at the talking subject from the listener's perspective, literally over the shoulder |
| Panning | a camera movement that scans a scene horizontally |
| Script | a planning tool that includes the "spoken" text of a video production |
| Stock Footage | video that is not custom shot for use in a specific film (archive footage) |
| Storyboard | a series of sketches that are used as a planning tool to visually show how the action of a story unfolds |
| Tilting | a camera movement that scans a scene vertically |
| Videographer | person recording with a video camera |
| White balance | camera setting that adjusts for lighting in order to make white objects appear white in photos |
| Zooming | altering the lens making a subject appear closer or further away |
| What does .asf stand for | Advanced Streaming Format |
| ASF | open file format for streaming multimedia files containing text, graphics, sound, video and animation for windows platform |
| What does .avi stand for | Audio Video Interleave |
| AVI | video file format originally designed for Windows; can be compressed or uncompressed, depending on the codec used |
| Chroma key | technique for superimposing one video image onto another |
| Most common chroma key colors | blue and green |
| DVD authoring | the process of creating a DVD that will play in a DVD player |
| Firewire | high speed interface that connects external devices; commonly known as IEEE 1394 |
| Define FLV | flash video, video format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player |
| MP4 | mpeg 4; a compressed file format that can be used for audio or video; universal standard for digital video |
| What does .mpg stand for | moving pictures expert group |
| Define MPEG | moving pictures expert group; standard for compressing digital video; universal standard for digital video |
| Define Mov | movie; common multimedia format used for video commonly played in Quicktime |
| Pre-Production | the process of preparing all the elements of a video production, including planning, storyboard, script writing, scheduling, props, camera angles and locations |
| Production | the process of recording video |
| Post-Production | all phases of production following recording of video, i.e. capturing, editing, titling, exporting, etc |
| Tripod dolly | a mobile tripod or a moving platform for the camera; allows for smooth camera movement and tracking shots |
| What does USB stand for | universal serial bus |
| Define USB | standard hardware interface for attaching peripherals to a computer |
| Video conversion software | software that will convert a video file from one format to another |
| Video editing software | programs used to capture, edit, and manipulate video images, add effects, titles and music to create studio-quality video |
| Define VOB | video object, movie data file from a DVD disc |
| What does .wmv stand for | windows media video |
| Define WMV | compressed video format designed for Windows but also viewable on Macs |
| How can videos be created | analog video cameras, digital video camera, and Web Cam |
| How many frames are usually in each second of a video | 30 frames |
| Videography | video production |
| Resolution | frame size |
| Microphone 'shotgun' | attached to the top of the camera |
| Microphone 'handheld' | connected to the camera |
| over-the-should camera technique | camera angles that looks at the talking subject from the listeners perspective |
| Panning | a camera movement that scans a scene horizontally |
| Tilting | a camera movement that scans a scene vertically |
| footage | raw, unedited material as it is originally recorded in production |
| If Sue needed to edit her video which which stage of production is she in? | post production |
| Copyright Law | laws designed to protect intellectual property rights and provide potential monetary rewards for inventiveness and hard work |
| Trademark | a name, symbol, or other device identifying a product |
| Public Domain | property rights that belong to the community at large, are unprotected by copyright or patent, and are subject to use by anyone |
| Common video file formats | WMV, MPEG, MOV, VOB, MP4, ASF, FLV, AVI |
| Storage Media | device for recording (storing) information (data) |
| Chroma Key Backdrop is known as | Green Screen |
| Royalty Free | refers to the right to use copyrighted material or intellectual property without the need to pay royalties or license fees for each use or per volume sold, or some time period of use or sales |
| Game Development Software | software designed to create computer games, may be template driven and/or allow the developer to write the code |
| Online interactive white boards | whiteboards that have the basic functionality of a regular whiteboard, but includes the ability to collaborate with others online |
| RSS (Really Simple Syndication) | A family of web-fee formats used to publish frequently updated works, i.e. blog entries, news headlines, audio and video in a standardized format |
| Video screen capture | software that captures a digital recording of computer screen output, often containing audio narration |
| vodcast | a pre-resorded video program that is posted to a website and is made available for download so people can view them on a personal computer or mobile device |
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