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| Camcorder | an item of video equipment that uses a video camera permanently attached to a video deck to create a record video signal |
| Character generator | a video component that allows the creation of words and simple graphics for the television screen |
| Close-up | a video shot of a person that includes only the head and neck |
| Buy-out music | production music purchased for a one-time fee, as opposed to a lease or per-use fee schedule |
| Audio | the sound portion of television production |
| Audio dub | an edition technique that involves erasing the existing audio track on a video tape and replacing it with a new one |
| Crawl | graphics that move across the bottom of the television screen, usually from right to left. The weather alert that moves along the bottom of the TV screen is a crawl. |
| Editing | the process of combining, adding, and deleting, audio and video elements to create a finished element |
| Fade | a video technique in which the picture is gradually replaced with a background color, usually black |
| Font | a style of type. Many character generators offer the user a menu of several fonts. |
| Frame | a complete video picture. NTSC televisions display 30 frames each second. |
| Headroom | the space between the top or a persons head and the top of the video screen |
| Production music | musical selections created specifically for use in audio and video programs. When customersbuy production music, they also buy copyright permissions not granted with standard music purchases, thus averting copyright violations. |
| Postproduction | the phase of television production that includes all activity after the raw footage is shot |
| Props | objects used in the scene either by actors or as part of the set design |
| Rendering | the process by which the nonlinear editing system (computer) actually creates each transition, effect, or graphic |
| Scroll | graphics that roll from the bottom to the top of the screen (end credits) |
| Video | the visual portion of television production |
| Video noise | a poor quality video signal within the standard video signal, also known as "snow" |
| White balance | the process of adjusting the video camera or camcorder's color response to the surrounding light |
