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Vocab Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ASF-advanced streaming format | Open file format for streaming multimedia files containing text, graphics, sound, video and animation |
| AVI Audio video interleave | Video file format originally designed for Windows; can be compressed or uncompressed, depending on the codec used |
| Chroma key | A technique for superimposing one video image onto another, most common chroma key colors are 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 IEE1394; 1394A for PCs; 1294B for Macs |
| 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; appropriate for streaming |
| MPEG Moving pictures expert group | Standard for compressing digital video; universal standard for digital video |
| 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, storyboarding, 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 |
| USB | Universal serial bus; standard hardware interface for attaching a 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 |
| VOB video object | Video object; movie data file from a DVD disc |
| WMV windows media video | Windows media video; compressed video format designed for Windows but also viewable on MACs |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 make white objects appear white in photos |
| Zooming | altering the lens making a subject appear closer or further away |
| 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 |
| 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 Conversion | 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; ;pp; |
| Pal | broadcast standard used in most of Europe and the rest of the world; uses 4:3 ratio with 25fps |
| 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. |
| Sound bite | short piece of an speech or interview used in video production |
| Superimpose | layering images or video |
| 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 |
| Video capture | the process of transferring video from a camera to the computer |
| Voice-over | the recorded voice narrating the story |
| Game developing software | Software designed to crate computer games; may be template driven and/or allow the developer to write code |
| Online interactive whiteboards | whiteboards that have the basic functionality of a regular whiteboard, but include the ability to collaborate with others online |
| RSS (Really Simple Syndication) | a family of web-feed 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-recorded video program that is posted to a website and is made available for download so people can view them on personal computers or mobile devices |