| A | B |
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| ARC | To move the camera in a slightly curved dolly or truck |
| AUDIO | The sound portion of video and its production. Technically, the electronic reproduction of audible sound. |
| CANT | Tilting the camera sideways |
| DESKTOP VIDEO | The use of a desktop computer, such as a PC (DOS or Windows platform), Mac (Macintosh platform), for a variety of pre-production and postproduction jobs. |
| DUB | The duplication of an electronic recording. The dub is always one generation away from the recording used for dubbing. In analog systems, each dub shows increased deterioration. |
| FADE | The gradual appearance of a picture from black (fade-in) or disappearance to black (fade-out) |
| FRAME | A complete scanning cycle of the electron beam, which occurs every thirtieth second. It represents the smallest complete television picture unit. |
| GRADUATION | The # of dubs away from the original recording. A 1st generation dub is struck directly from the source tape. A 2nd generation tape is a dub of the 1st generation dub (two steps away from the original tape), and so forth. |
| HEADROOM | The space left between the top of the head and the upper screen edge |
| JACK | A socket or receptacle for a connector |
| PAN | Horizontal turning of the camera |
| PRODUCER | Creator and organizer of video programs |
| PROPERTIES | Generally referred to as props. Furniture and other objects used by talent and for set decorations |
| SEQUENCING | The control and structuring of a shot sequence |
| SHOT | The video contained between transitions. Also called take |
| STORYBOARD | A series of sketches of the key visualization points of event, with the corresponding audio information given below each visualization |
| TILT | To point the camera up or down |
| TRIPOD | A three-legged camera mount |
| TRUCK | To move the camera laterally by means of a mobile camera mount |
| VISUALIZATION | Mentally converting a scene into a number of key video images. Such visualizations are necessary for drawing a storyboard |
