Video Production Terminology

Thisdocumentisdesignedtohelpyouandyourstudentsusethesameterminologyinclassasyouwillfindon

theACAexam.PleaseusetheQuizlettoolstoensurethatyouhavelearnedthesekeyterms.

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IntellectualPropertyarecreationsofthemindandincludesthingslikecopyright,trademarks,andpatentsfor

artisticworks,music,symbolsanddesigns.

FairUseisthelimiteduseofcopyrightedmaterialbasedonthepurposeandcharacter,natureofthecopiedwork,

amountandsubstantialityandtheeffectuponthework'svalue

CreativeCommonsismediathatthecopyrightownerhasputoutforustouse,providedwefollowtheircopyright

requirements.Theserequirementswillvarybutcanincludinggivingthecopyrightholdercredit

WorkforHireiswhenyouremployerownsthecopyrightforyourintellectualcopyrightsbecauseyoucreatethe

materialatwork

Derivativeisisanexpressivecreationthatincludesmajorcopyrightprotectedelementsofanoriginal,previously

createdfirstwork(theunderlyingwork).Thederivativeworkbecomesasecond,separateworkindependentin

formfromthefirst.Thetransformation,modificationoradaptationoftheworkmustbesubstantialandbearits

author'spersonalitytobeoriginalandthusprotectedbycopyright.Translations,cinematicadaptationsandmusical

arrangementsarecommontypesofderivativeworks.

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Audio

AmbientSound(alsoknownas“roomtone”or“NaturalSound”)thenaturalsoundsrecordedonlocation.

Forexample,thesoundofafaninaroomorwind.

FoleySoundEffectssoundeffectsthatareaddedduringtheeditingtohelptellthestory.Forexample,the

soundoffootstepswhensomeoneisseenwalkingonscreen.

Dialogthespeakingpartsbetweentwoormorecharactersonscreen

VoiceOverthenarratororsomeonetalkingoffscreen

LapelMicsmallbodymicrophoneoftenclipstothetalentslapel,tieorcollar.

ShotgunMichighlydirectionalmicrophoneoftenattachedtoaboompole

HandHeldMicMicrophoneheldbythetalent(usedinnewsandliveperformance)

WirelessPros:noneedforwires,Cons:occasionalinterferenceanddealwithbatteries

AudioTermsandToolsQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2edyxy

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ShotTypes

LongShot(establishing)typicallyusedtoestablishthesubjectintheirenvironment

MediumShottypicallyshowspartofthesubjectinmoredetail.Thisshowsimulateswhatwewouldseeorat

leastpayattentiontowhenwearetalkingwithsomeone.

CloseUpplacedatadistancethatshowsthesubjectentireface?Thisisforemotion.

Overtheshouldershotinadialogscenewhenonesubjectisphotographedinmediumclosewithsomeportion

ofanothersubjectoccupyingsomepartoftheforeground?Maintainstheconnectionbetweenthetwocharacters.

POVwhenthecameraissetuptocapturethesubject'sperspectivetoshowtheaudiencewhathe/sheislookingat

Ruleofthirdsthestrategyofsplittingyourimageintothreesectionsverticallyandhorizontallysoyouhaveaclear

foreground,middlegroundandbackground

LowAnglemakesyoursubjectlooklargerandmorepowerful

HighAnglemakesyoursubjectlooksmallerandweaker

Wormseyeplacingthecameraverylow(oftenontheground)

Pan:Movingthecamerasidetoside(oftenusedtofollowthesubject)

Tilt:Movingthecameraupanddown(oftenusedtorevealsomething)

Tracking:isanyshotwherethecameramovesalongsidetheobject(s)itisrecording.

Cutawayshotistheinterruptionofacontinuouslyfilmedactionbyinsertingaviewofsomethingelse.Itis

usually,althoughnotalways,followedbyacutbacktothefirstshot,whenthecutawayavoidsajumpcut.

Coverageistheamountoffootageshotanddifferentcameraanglesusedtocaptureascene.Wheninthe

postproductionprocess,themorecameracoveragemeansthatthereismorefootageforthefilmeditorto

workwithinassemblingthefinalcut.

ShotTypesandCameraMovesQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2edz42

Lighting

ThreePointLightingclassicmethodoflightingasubject,typicallyinaninterviewsetting.

KeyLightPrimarylightthatshinesdirectlyonsubject

FillLightlightthatisusedto“fill”intheshadows

Back/HairLightlightthatisbehindsubjectusedtocreatearimlightaroundthehead.Helpstoseparatesubject

frombackground

BackgroundLightIliketothrowanotherlightontothebackgroundandoftenthrowthelightthroughacookie

Cookieisafoamcoreboardwithholescutouttocreateasplashoflightandshadowonthebackground.

LightingTerminologyQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2edzeb

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ProductionProcess

PreProduction

● scriptwritingwrittendescriptionofthevideothatincludesshotinformation,actionelements,dialogueand

transitionalelements

● Storyboardingvisualrepresentationofthescriptusingimagesandnotestohelpplanoutshots

● locationscouting

● casting

Production

● Settinguplightsandcomposingshots

● recordingvideos

● recordingaudio

PostProduction

● Editing

● MotionGraphics

● colorcorrection

● Exporting

● distribution(onlineortheaters)

ProductionProcessQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2edziu

StagesofEditing

● Ingest:Theprocessofcapturingortransferingyourvideofilestoyourcomputer.

● Logging:Goingthroughallyourvideoclipstoweedoutthebadonesandrename/organizethegood

onestomakefindingtherightfileseasierduringtheeditingprocess

● FirstAssembly:Theprocessofassemblingyourvideofilesintoorderusingthestoryboard(often

includingmultipletakesofthesameshot)

● RoughCut:Theprocessofcuttingyourvideodowntotheessentialshotsandworkingonthetimingso

thatyoucanshareyourvideowiththedirector

● FinalCut:Whenthecuttingandtimingofthefootageisfinalized.

● ColorGrading:Thisistheprocessofalteringandenhancingthecolorofamotionpicture,video

image,orstillimage.Thisisusuallythefinalstageintheeditingprocess.

● Export:Thisistheprocessofcombiningthevideoandaudioelementsonthetimeline/sequenceintoa

singlefile.

StagesofEditingProcessQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2edzsp

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FileFormats

ImagingFileformats

.jpgbestfileformatforphotographsbecauseitcontainsmillionsofcolors

.pngbestfileformatforimageswithtransparencybecauseitcontainsthousandsoflevelsoftransparency

.tiffuncompressedimagefileformat,willmakelargerbuthigherqualityimages.

VideoFileFormats

.avioldervideo/audiofileformat(1992)thatusedtobethestandard

.mp4(H.264)newervideo/audioformatwithbettercompressionsoithashigherqualityinasmallerfilesize

.wmvWindowsmediavideo

AudioFileFormats

.mp3thisisacommonfileformatforaudiothatusescompresstoscalethefilesize

.wavthisisauncompressedfileformatforaudiothatiscommonlyusedinvideoediting

.wmawindowsmediaaudio

FileFormatsQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2ee00h

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AllQuizletStudyGuides

*FileFormatsQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2ee00h

*StagesofEditingProcessQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2edzsp

*ProductionProcessQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2edziu

*LightingTerminologyQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2edzeb

*ShotTypesandCameraMovesQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2edz42

*AudioTermsandToolsQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2edyxy

*CopyrightQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2eatio

*ToolsQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2ee0sg

*ButtonsQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2ee97j

*PanelsQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2ee9i8

*ExportDialogBoxQuizlet:https://quizlet.com/_2eea2r

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