Video Production Chapter 1 Terms

An appliance intended solely for capturing sound and motion pictures

(camera), and stores them on tape, disc, or other media (recorder).

• camcorder

• video

• compact disc player

• vcr

Original camera film that is converted into ultra-high-definition

video for use in postproduction.

• dat

• camcorder

• digital intermediate

• vcr

To record images and sounds as numerical data, either directly in a camera or

during the process of importing them to a computer.

• digital

• analog

• record xlr

• mix

An audiovisual medium that records images on transparent plastic strips by

means of photosensitive chemicals.

• analog

• film

• digital

• glass plate

A production staff member who practices many of the technical crafts associated

with program production.

• folley

• trapper

• producer

• grip

A program that is recorded and, sometimes, transmitted for display continuously,

in real-time.

• prerecording

• Taping

• LIVE

• on air

To record film or video. Also, "a shoot" is an informal term for the production phase of a film or video project.

• episode

• shoot

• series

• photo session

Studio-based, multi-camera video that is often produced and transmitted "live."

• Television

• Film

• PSA

• Performance

An audiovisual medium that records on a magnetic tape or digital storage media

by electronic means. Also, single-camera program creation in the manner of film

production, rather than studio television.

• film

• television

• analog

• video

The ability to evaluate the content of visual media through an understanding of the way in which it is recorded and presented.

• visual literacy

• audio literacy

• digital

• analog