| A | B |
|---|
| White Balance | Color balance |
| Backlight | Subject is set against a much brighter background |
| Iris | Controls the amount of light coming through the lens |
| Aperture | Name for hole created by iris |
| Auto focus | Uses infrared beam to measure distance |
| Wide | Zoom Out |
| Zoom | Moves your point of view closer to, or further away from, the subject |
| Viewfinder | Receives the video image so you can see what you're shooting |
| CCD | Light sensor |
| Frames | 30 per second |
| Focal length | Distance between lens and the CCD |
| Tripod | Three legs |
| Monopod | One leg |
| Pan | Swiveling movement, left and right |
| Tilt | Angled up and down |
| Dolly | Forward and backward |
| Truck | Camera moving left or right |
| Headroom | Space above subject's head |
| Noseroom | Pointing left or right |
| Leadroom | Moving left or right |
| Close up | Just a subject's head |
| Aspect Ratio | 16x9 is one example |
| Long Shot | Full body from head to toe |
| Medium Shot | Waist up |
| Knee Shot | Knees to head |
| Bust Shot | Shoulders and head |
| Cross Shot | Over-the-shoulder zoomed in |
| Exposure | Controlled by iris |
| Over the shoulder | back of one person while showing the front of another |
| ELS | Extreme Long Shot abbreviation |
