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Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aspect ratio | the relationship between the width and height of an image |
| B-roll | 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 |
| 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 or frames recorded per second |
| Frame size | expressed by the horizontal and vertical dimensions in a frame |
| Lower thirds | an element placed in the lower area of a screen |
| Nat sounds | natural sounds |
| NTSC | broadcast standard used in North America |
| PAL | broadcast standard used in most of Europe and the rest of the world |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Video capture | the process of transferring video from a camera to the computer |
| Voice-over | the recorded voice narrating the story |