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digital media
terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an appliance that both captures moving images and stores them to tape | camcorder |
| to record images and sounds as numerical data, either directly in a camcorder or in the process of importing them to a computer | digitize |
| an audiovisual medium that records images on a transparent plastic strips by means of photosensitive chemicals | film |
| recorded and transmitted for display contiuously and in real time. | live |
| to record film or video; also, "a shoot" is and informal term for the production phase of a film or video project | shoot |
| studio based multi-camera video that is often produced and transmitted "live" | television |
| and audiovisual medium that records on magnetic tape or disk by electronic means | video |
| the ability to evaluate the content of visual media through an understanding of the way in which it is recorded and presented | visual literacy |
| an appliance that both captures moving images and stores them to tape | camcorder |
| to record images and sounds as numerical data, either directly in a camcorder or in the process of importing them to a computer | digitize |
| an audiovisual medium that records images on a transparent plastic strips by means of photosensitive chemicals | film |
| recorded and transmitted for display contiuously and in real time. | live |
| to record film or video; also, "a shoot" is and informal term for the production phase of a film or video project | shoot |
| studio based multi-camera video that is often produced and transmitted "live" | television |
| and audiovisual medium that records on magnetic tape or disk by electronic means | video |
| the ability to evaluate the content of visual media through an understanding of the way in which it is recorded and presented | visual literacy |
| an appliance that both captures moving images and stores them to tape | camcorder |
| to record images and sounds as numerical data, either directly in a camcorder or in the process of importing them to a computer | digitize |
| an audiovisual medium that records images on a transparent plastic strips by means of photosensitive chemicals | film |
| recorded and transmitted for display contiuously and in real time. | live |
| to record film or video; also, "a shoot" is and informal term for the production phase of a film or video project | shoot |
| studio based multi-camera video that is often produced and transmitted "live" | television |
| and audiovisual medium that records on magnetic tape or disk by electronic means | video |
| the ability to evaluate the content of visual media through an understanding of the way in which it is recorded and presented | visual literacy |
| the distribution of tv programs through electrical signals sent through the air | broadcast |
| range of brightness values in an image, from black to white | gray scale |
| video whose images sow much finer detail than those of traditional video | high definition video |
| a single video picture, like a single word in speech | image |
| post production | |
| production | |
| pre production | |
| amount of fine detail carried by and image | resolution |
| a group of closely related shots, like a verbal paragraph | scene |
| a group of related scenes, like a chapter in a verbal composition | sequence |
| to record film or video | shoot |
| set of continuous images, comparable to a verbal sentence | shot |
| and imaginary world behind the video screen that looks like the real one but operates by quite different rules | video world |
| a setting that is selected automatically unless the user changes it manually | default |
| two shots edited together that are to similar | jump cut |
| the camera system that insures that the subject of the image appears sharp and clear | autofocus |
| general sounds in the recording environment | background noise |
| to pivot the camera horizontally on its support | pan |
| positions from which the camcorder records shots | camera angles |
| to magnify or reduce the size of a subject by changing the focal length of the lens while recording | zoom |
| changes from standby to record and back to standby mode | record switch |
| distance between top of subjects head and and the upper edge of the frame | head room |
| distance between subject and the edge of the frame toward which the subject is moving | lead room |
| three-legged camera support | tripod |
| distance between subject and the edge of the frame at which the subject is looking | look room |
| turns camera on and off | power switch |
| captures moving images and stores them on tape | camcorder |
| to advance a tape thru a previously recorded sections to a blank tape | roll to raw stock |
| protective cover for lense | lens cap |
| tic tac toe grid | rule of thirds |
| condition in which camera is on and working but not recording | standby |
| nuetralizes color tints | white balance |
| regulates light level of the shooting environment | auto exposure |