Digital Media Word Scramble

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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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