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| Insert shot | a shot that provides close-up detail on the action |
| Master | video industry term for the tape containing the finished (edited) program |
| Monitor | a TV set, normally without an RF tuner or audio circuitry, used for the checking of color, composition, etc, during a production |
| Natural Sound (NAT) | any naturally occurring sound recorded in the field, other than interviews |
| Non–Profit | an organization that reinvests all profits back into the organization |
| Outputs | connections from the equipment to transfer data to another piece of equipment |
| Package | a television story filed by a reporter which typically includes narration, a stand-up, bites, and accompanying video and natural sound |
| Point of view | a shot from an angle that approximates what a designated actor is seeing at a particular moment |
| Post–production | the period in a project's development that takes place after the picture is delivered, or "after the production" This term might also be applied to video/film editing or refer to audio post-production |
| Pre–production | the planning stage of a production |
| Production | the taping of the project |
| PSA | public service announcement) a message produced and broadcast at no charge for qualifying non-profit organizations |
| Render | computer process of performing the calculations to create detail in a three-dimensional computer-generated scene or special effect |
| Royalty | money paid to the copyright owner for permission to use/ reproduce copyrighted material |
| Royalty–free | material that can be used/ reproduced freely without paying royalties |
| Script | the written blueprint for a production |
| Shot list: | a list made in the pre-production phase that lists all shots needed to create the project during the production phase |
| Sound Effects: | recordings of special or natural sounds such as footsteps, coughing, door closing, etc |
| Sources | a person or reference used to substantiate claims made in a story |
| Storyboard | pictures (generally drawings) that illustrates the proposed sequence of shots in a production |
| Synchronization | sound and audio recorded with images so the words sync with the mouth |
| Talking head | slang for the typical (and not too exciting) head-and-shoulders shot of actors seen on talk shows and newscasts |
| Tally light | the red light on a video camera |
| Timeline | a visual line stretching across a computer screen representing intervals of time on which video clips can be placed during non-linear editing |
| Track | the path of a reordered signal on a videotape or disc |
| Transitions | video effects placed between scenes or edits to achieve a smooth transition |
| Wipes | an optical transition effect in which one image is replaced by another with a boundary edge that moves in a selected pattern across the frame |
