Video Terms PHS
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bandwidth | Transmission capacity of data. |
| Camera | A device that captures light information and translates it into a video image. |
| Cast | Characters with speaking parts |
| Compressed | To be made smaller. |
| Conflict | What goes wrong in a story. |
| Depth of Field | The area of the image that is in clear focus. |
| Digital Zoom | Electronic zoom technique in which the pixels in center of the image enlarged. |
| Editing | The process of combining footage that tells your story, and eliminating the footage you do not want. |
| Framing | A composition technique in which a frame is created inside a larger video frame. |
| Head Room | The amount of space in the frame above the subject |
| Noise | Unwanted glitches in an analog audio and video signals. It shows up as "snow" or static in a video image. |
| Nose Room | The amount of space in the frame in front of the subject. |
| Optical Zoom | Zooming in on the subject using the lens elements. |
| Pan | Camera movement in which the camera rotates from side to side. |
| Resolution | Number of pixels in an image that determines the amount of detail in the image. |
| RGB | Red, Green, and Blue |
| Script | Blueprint for a film or video. |
| Sequence | A series of individual shots that when edited together create a scene. |
| Shot | The time between when recording starts and stops. It is the basic building block of video. |
| Story | Retelling of events. |
| Storyboard | Visual guide for the shoot. It resembles a comic book. |
| Rule of Thirds | A guide for image composition in which the frame is divided by and imaginary tic-tac-toe board. the subject should be placed in the area where the horizontal lines intersect with the vertical lines. |
| Tilt | Camera movement in which the camera moves up and down. |
| Time Code | A unique number based on hours, minutes, seconds, and frames that identifies each frame of video. |
| Action Axis | Imaginary line drawn right down the middle of the set. Must stay on one side of the line when filming video. |
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