the relationship between the width and height of an image; conventional video and TV is 4:3; widescreen 16:9
What is Aspect ratio
100
Also known as cut away
What is B-roll
100
special effects set to occur between the frames in a video production
What is Transition
100
a manual preview of a video project
What is Scrubbing
100
an editing interface that lays out a video project in a linear fashion
What is Timeline
200
the process of transferring video from a camera to the computer
What is Video capture
200
broadcast standard used in North America; uses 4:3 aspect ratio with 29.97 fps; ;pp;
What is NTSC
200
The number of frames recorded per second
What is Frame rate
200
superimposing text on an image or video
What is Title overlay
200
the recorded voice narrating the story
What is Voice-over
300
broadcast standard used in most of Europe and the rest of the world; uses 4:3 ratio with 25fps
What is PAL
300
credits at the end of a video production that gradually roll up the screen in a continuous list.
What is Rolling credits
300
the sounds that would naturally occur where video is being shot
What is Nat sounds – (natural sounds)
300
in the television industry, an element placed in the lower area of the screen, though not necessarily the entire lower third; example, sporthe bottom of the screen
What is Lower thirds
300
supplemental or alternate footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary
What is B-roll (cut away)
400
short piece of an speech or interview used in video production
What is Sound bite
400
NTSC
What is National TV standards Committee
400
reducing the file size of video while maintaining acceptable quality
What is File compression
400
layering images or video
What is Superimpose
400
a format used to provide a consistent look and feel to a production; can be predefined by the software or created by the developer
What is Templates
500
also referred to as resolution, expressed by the horizontal and vertical dimensions of a frame
What is Frame size
500
one image slowly dissolves to display the next image or fades to black
What is Fading
500
the process of transferring or recording data to an optical disk, i.e. DVD
What is Burning
500
to build a preview of a project from the source files such as video clips, audio clips, titles, graphics, transitions, etc.
What is Render
500
the span between the in point and the out point of a video clip