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| broadcast | The distribution of TV programs through electrical signals sent through the air |
| camcorder | An appliance that captures moving images and stores them on tape |
| digitize | To record images and sounds as numerical data |
| film | Recording of images on transparent plastic strips by means of photosensitive chemicals |
| grayscale | The range of brightness values in an image from black to white |
| High Definition video (HD) | Video whose images are in finer detail than traditional video |
| image | A single video picture, like a single word in speech |
| live | Recorded and transmitted in real time |
| postproduction | Editing audio and video raw materials of a production to create a finished program |
| preproduction | Preparing the program content and organizing the shoot, before production actually starts |
| production | The process of actually recording the material for a program or film |
| resolution | The amount of fine detail carried by an image |
| scene | A group of closely related shots, like a verbal paragraph or a book |
| sequence | A group of related scenes, like a chapter in a verbal composition or a book |
| shoot | To record film or video; also, an informal term for the production phase of a film or a video project |
| shot | A set of continuous images, like a verbal sentence |
| television (TV) | Studio-based, multi-camera video that is often produced and transmitted live |
| video | An audiovisual medium recorded on tape or on disk; also can be a single-camera taped program creation |
| video world | An imaginary world behind the video screen that looks like the real one but operates by different rules |
| visual literacy | The ability to evaluate the content of visual media through understanding the way in which it is recorded and presented |
