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| ASF (advanced streaming format) | advanced streaming format – open file format for streaming multimedia files containing text, graphics, sound, video and animation for windows platform |
| AVI (audio video interleave) | video file format originally designed for Windows; can be compressed or uncompressed, depending on the codec used |
| Chroma key | a technique for superimposing one video image onto another; most common colors are blue and green |
| DVD authoring | the process of creating a DVD that will play in a DVD player |
| Firewire | high speed interface that connects external devices; commonly known as IEEE1394; 1394A for PCs; 1394B for Macs |
| FLV (flash video) | video format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player |
| MP4 ( mpeg 4) | a compressed file format that can be used for audio or video; appropriate for streaming |
| MOV | movie; common multimedia format used for video commonly played in Quicktime |
| Pre-production | the process of preparing all the elements of a video production, including planning, storyboarding, script writing, scheduling, props, camera angles and locations |
| Production | the process of recording video |
| Post-production | all phases of production following recording of video, i.e. capturing, editing, titling, exporting, etc |
| Tripod dolly | a mobile tripod or a moving platform for the camera; allows for smooth camera movement and tracking shots |
| USB (universal serial bus) | standard hardware interface for attaching peripherals to a compute |
| Video conversion software | software that will convert a video file from one format to another |
| Video editing software | programs used to capture, edit, and manipulate video images, add effects, titles and music to create studio-quality video |
| VOB (video object) | movie data file from a DVD disc |
| WMV (windows media video ) | compressed video format designed for Windows but also viewable on Macs |
| Cut | a scene change in a movie; a quick move from one scene to another |
| Bird's eye view | a scene shot from directly above the action |
| Establishing shot | usually the first shot of a scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place |
| Eye level | a camera angle which shows the subject as we would expect to see them in real life |
| Footage | raw, unedited material as it had been originally recorded |
| High angle | a camera angle that shows the subject from above; camera is angled down towards the subject |
| Low angle | a camera angle that shows the subject from below; camera is angled up towards the subject |
| Over the shoulder | a camera angle that looks at the talking subject from the listener's perspective, literally over the shoulder. |
| Panning | a camera movement that scans a scene horizontally |
| Script | a planning tool that includes the "spoken" text of a video production |
| Stock footage | video that is not custom shot for use in a specific film (archive footage) |
| Storyboard | a series of sketches that are used as a planning tool to visually show how the action of a story unfolds |
| Tilting | a camera movement that scans a scene vertically |
| Videographer | person recording with a video camera |
| White balance | camera setting that adjusts for lighting in order make white objects appear white in photos |
| Zooming | altering the lens making a subject appear closer or further away. |
| Aspect ratio | the relationship between the width and height of an image; conventional video and TV is 4:3; widescreen 16:9 |
| B-roll | supplemental or alternate footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary supplemental or alternate footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary |
| Burning | the process of transferring or recording data to an optical disk, i.e. DVD |
| Duration | the span between the in point and the out point of a video clip |
| Fading | one image slowly dissolves to display the next image or fades to black |
| ile compression | reducing the file size of video while maintaining acceptable quality |
| Frame rate | The number of frames recorded per second |
