Pre-Production Concepts
This document provides a short summary of the idea, tone, and approach for a project and often precedes a full script.
What is a Treatment?
This camera control adjusts how long the sensor is exposed to light and affects motion blur.
What is Shutter Speed?
In 3-point lighting, the light that fills shadows and reduces contrast is called this.
What is a Fill Light?
This microphone type is commonly clipped to talent clothing for discreet close capture.
What is a lavalier (lav or lapel mic)?
In nonlinear editing, the indicator that shows playback position on the timeline is called this.
What is the Playhead?
This planning tool lists scenes, shot order, locations, and estimated shooting time to organize production days.
What is a Shooting Schedule?
The setting that changes the lens opening (affecting exposure and depth of field) is known as this.
What is Aperture or F-Stop?
The light placed behind the subject to separate them from the background is called this.
What is a Back Light or Rim Light?
A unidirectional microphone used on a pole to capture focused sound from a subject is commonly called this.
What is a Boom or Shotgun Mic?
Removing a green or blue background and replacing it with another image is called this technique.
What is Chroma Key or Keying?
This form grants permission to use a private property for filming and protects both producer and owner.
What is a Location Release?
Increasing this setting raises sensor sensitivity but can introduce noise into the image.
What is ISO or Gain?
This piece of lighting equipment is used to block or shape light on set.
What is a Flag?
To capture a clean ambient tone for postproduction, you should record this for several seconds with all on-set activity paused.
What is Room Tone?
When organizing project files, a best practice is to use consistent names and maintain these to protect against data loss.
What are Backups?
These visual frames map camera angles, composition, and action before filming and help communicate shots to the crew.
What is a Storyboard?
This camera adjustment ensures neutral whites under different lighting color temperatures.
What is White Balance?
This piece of equipment's purpose on set is to bounce or diffuse light
What is a Reflector?
The pickup pattern that captures sound equally from all directions is called this.
What is Omnidirectional?
The relationship between frame width and height, such as 16:9, is known as this.
What is Aspect Ratio?
When identifying a target audience, you primarily determine these three aspects of the project: tone, style, and this.
What is Content or Message?
The camera movement that turns the camera left or right on its axis is called this.
What is a Pan?
Safe lighting practice includes using properly rated fixtures and ensuring this to prevent overheating and fire risk.
What is adequate ventilation and correct wattage/fixtures?
When syncing separate recorder audio to camera footage, you can align them precisely using this visual/audio tool commonly used on set.
What is a clapper/visual slate (or timecode)?
Adjusting white balance, exposure, contrast, and color balance to create a consistent look is part of this process.
What is Color Correction or Color Grading?