| A | B |
| Pre-Production | the planning phase of producing a movie or video |
| Production | the shooting/taping phase of producing a movie or video |
| Post-Production | the editing phase of producing a movie or video |
| Pan | left to right or right to left camera movement |
| Pre-Roll | to start recording on a camcorder before the desired scene begins |
| Trim | the process of removing unwanted video footage from a scene |
| Wide Shot | camera shot where the audience sees most or all of an area or group of people - Subject is seen from head to toe |
| Close up | when the camera is zoomed in tight on a subject showing great detail |
| Tilt | up or down pivot of camera movement, usually on a tripod. |
| Zoom | camera lens that magnifies the subject. |
| Videographer | a career involved in the production of video materia |
| Graphic Designer | a career that involves designing or creating visual graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs |
| Commercial Photographer | a career that involves taking pictures of subjects such as people, buildings or merchandise to be used in a
variety of media |
| Public Domain | Property rights that belong to the community at large, are unprotected by copyright or patent, and are subject to use by anyone |
| Fair Use | the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties |
| Royalty-Free | Prepared material (graphics, music, video, font etc) that can be used legally, without paying a fee to the artist, |
| Trademark | a name, symbol, or other device identifying a product; it is officially registered with the U.S. government and its use is legally restricted to it’s owner |
| Ambient Sound | Natural background audio representative of a given recording environment. |
| Essential area -TV SafeArea | Boundaries within which contents of a television picture are sure to be seen, regardless of size differences in TV receiver displays. |
| Frame | The smallest increment of a complete television picture, equal to one- thirtieth of a second. |
| {FPS} | The number of frames per second  that your camera is set to shoot |
| Editing | The actual part of putting together all the footage (clips) into a timeline |