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Digital Media
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An audiovisual medium that records images on transparent plastic strips by means of photosensitive chemicals. | Film |
| editing the audio and video raw materials of a production to create a finished program | Postproduction |
| to record film or video; also, an informal term for the production phase of a film or video project | Shoot |
| the range of brightness values in an image, from black to white. | Grey Scale |
| the ability to evaluate the content of visual media through an understanding of the way in which it is recorded and presented | Visual Literacy |
| a group of related scenes, like a chapter in a verbal composition. | Sequence |
| The distribution of TV programs through electrical signals sent through the air | Broadcast |
| The amount of fine detail carried by an image | Resolution |
| To record images and sounds as numerical data, either directly in a camcorder or in the process of importing them to a computer | Digitize |
| The process of actually videotaping the material for a program | Production |
| Video whose images show much finer detail than those of traditional video | High definition video |
| Studio-based, multicamera video that is often produced and transmitted "live" | Television |
| Preparing the content and organizing the shoot, before rod program production actually starts. | Preproduction |
| An imaginary world behind the video screen that looks like the real one but operates by quite different rules. | Video World |
| Recorded and transmitted for display continuously and in real time | Live |
| An audiovisual medium that records on magnetic tape or disk by electronic means; also, single-camera taped program creation in the manner of film production, rather than studio television | Video |
| A single video picture, like a single word in a speech | Frame |
| A group of closely related shots, like a verbal paragraph | Scene |
| An appliance that both captures moving images and stores them on tape | Camcorder |
| A set of coninuous images, comparable to a verbal sentence | Shot |
| The distance between the subject and the edge of the frame toward which the subject is moving. | Lead Room |
| To pivot the camera horizontally on its support | Pan |
| An appliance that both captures moving images and stores them on tape | Camcorder |
| The control that turns the camera on and off | Power switch |
| A condition in which the camera is on and operating ut not recording. | Standby |
| The camera system that ensures the subject is clear and sharp | autofocus |
| The camera system that delivers the correct amount of illumination to the recording mechanism, regardless of the light level of the shooting environment | autoexposure |
| An ad to composition in the form of an imaginary tic tac toe grid superimposed on the image. Important picture components are aligned with the lines and intersections of the grid | Rule of thirds |
| to magnify or reduce the size of a subject by changing the focal lenght of the lens while recording | zoom |
| A setting that is selected automatically unless the user changes it manually | Default |
| The distance between the subject and the edge of the frame toward which the subject is looking. | look room |
| The positions from which the camcorder records shots | Camera Angles |
| Two shots that are edited together that are too similar | Jump Cut |
| A protective cover for a camcorder lens | Lens Cap |
| The control that changes the camcorder from standb to record mode, and back again. | Record Switch |
| A three legged camera support | Tripod |
| he distance between the top of a subject's head and the upper edge of the frame | Head room |
| General sounds in the recording enviorment | background noise |
| The camera system hat neutralizes the color tints of different light sources, such as sunshine and halogen lamps. | white balance |
| to advance a videotape through previously recorded sections o blank tape, in preparation for additional recording | Roll to raw stock |
| The video dimension parallel to the top and bottom of the screen | Height |
| To exclude an object completely from the screen | frame off |
| To move a subject from its original place in a way that is undetectable to the viewer | cheat |
| The four edges that make up the border of the screen. also, a single video image | Frame |
| To ad details that increase the believability of a screen illusion. | sell |
| To feature a subject in a composition | To frame |
| Any effect, trick, or stund in a movie | gag |
| the orientation of on-screen movement with the respect to the left and right edges of the frame. | screen direction |
| A sequence that takes place earlier in the story than the sequence that precedes it | Flashback |
| A eries of events moving forward in a single shot | Serial time flow |
| Repeating the action from the end of the outgoing shot at the start of the incoming shot to lenghten the screen time of the scene. | Overlapping action |
| an edit in which the audio and video of the new shot do not begin simultaneously | Split edit |
| A video time speed, within a shot, that is faster than that of the real world | Fast motion |
| Two of series of events moving forward in separate sequences, presented alternately in parts by cross cutting | parallel time flow |
| Showing two actions at once by alternating back and forth between them, presenting part of one, then part of the other then back to the first and so on | cross cutting |
| a split edit in which the sound from the new shot begins over the end of the preceding one. | audio leads |
| The video dimension parallel to the top and bottom of the screen | Height |
| To exclude an object completely from the screen | frame off |
| To move a subject from its original place in a way that is undetectable to the viewer | cheat |
| The four edges that make up the border of the screen. also, a single video image | Frame |
| To ad details that increase the believability of a screen illusion. | sell |
| To feature a subject in a composition | To frame |
| Any effect, trick, or stund in a movie | gag |
| the orientation of on-screen movement with the respect to the left and right edges of the frame. | screen direction |
| A sequence that takes place earlier in the story than the sequence that precedes it | Flashback |
| A eries of events moving forward in a single shot | Serial time flow |
| Repeating the action from the end of the outgoing shot at the start of the incoming shot to lenghten the screen time of the scene. | Overlapping action |
| an edit in which the audio and video of the new shot do not begin simultaneously | Split edit |
| A video time speed, within a shot, that is faster than that of the real world | Fast motion |
| Two of series of events moving forward in separate sequences, presented alternately in parts by cross cutting | parallel time flow |
| Showing two actions at once by alternating back and forth between them, presenting part of one, then part of the other then back to the first and so on | cross cutting |
| a split edit in which the sound from the new shot begins over the end of the preceding one. | audio leads |
| Lines on the picture plan that emphasize an element by pointing to it | Leading Lines |
| The simulation of depth in a two-dimensional image. | Perspective |
| Arranging objects clearly in an image | Order (in composition) |
| A method of composiont that divides the image in halves | vertical position |
| Eliminaing unnecessary objects | Simplicity |
| Distributing objects to create equal visual "weight" in different parts of the image | Balance |
| Diagonal lines in a composition that enhance its apparent depth | Receding lines |
| The components of an image | Pictorial elements |
| A balanced composition in which the pictorial elements are distribued informally in the image. | Asymmetrical Balance |
| Enhancing apparent depth by placing some pictorial elements in front of others | Overlap |
| Using compositional techniques to direct the viewer's attention | Leading the eye |
| A form of perspective based on the height of an element on the picture plane. | Vertical position |
| he parot of the image that appears sharp and clear; also, generally, e object of a viewer's attention | Focus |
| The surface on which an image is displayed | Picture plane |
| Identifying and understanding the elements in a composition | Decoding |
| The purpoeful arrangement of elemens in an image | Composition |
| The process of calling attention to a pictorial element | Emphasis |
| The difference between one pictorial element and others; also, the ratio of the brightest part of an image to the darkest | Contrast |
| The position of a pictorial element on a scale from black to white. | Brightness |
| Composing an image by placing important elements one-third of the way from the top, bottom, and/or sides of the frame | Rule of thirds |
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