| Term | Definition |
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| camcorder | an appliance that both captures moving images and stores them on a tap |
| digitize | to record images and sounds as numerical data, either directly in a cmcorder or in the process of importing them to a compuer |
| film | an audiovisual medium that records iamges on transparent plastic strips by means of photosensitive chemicals |
| live | recorded and (usually) transmitted for display continuously and in real time |
| shoot | to record film or video; also, " a shoot" is an informal term for hte prodcution phase of a film or video project |
| television | studio-based, multicamera video that is often produced and transmitted live |
| video | an audiovisual medium that records on magnetic tape or disk by electrong means; also single camerca taped program creation in the manner of film production rather than studio television |
| visual literacy | the ability to evaluate the content of visual media through an understanding of the way in which it is recorded and presented |
| head room | the distance between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the frame |
| lead room | the distance between the top of a subject and the edge of the frame toward which it is moving |
| look room | the distance between the top of a subject and the edge of the frame toward which it is moving |
| pan | to pivot the camera horizontally on its support |
| roll to raw stock | to advance a video tape through previously recorded sections to blank tape, in preparation for additional recording |
| rule of thirds | an aid to the composition in the form on an imaginary tic-tac-toe grid superimpoed on the images. Important picture components are aligned with the lines and intersections of the grid |
| white balance | a camera system that neutralizes the color tins of different light sources, such as sunshine and halogen lamps |
| zoom | to magnify or reduce the size of a subject by changing the focal length of the lens while recording |
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