Video Facts
The Frame
Video Language
Phases of Production
Wild Card
100

Often broadcast live over the airwaves into homes

Television

100

To make something not exist

Frame Off

100
An image is like a

Word

100

A synopsis of your idea, often skeletal in nature

Treatment

100

Mr Jackson's favorite movie

Halloween

200
Another term for movies or features

Film

200
Depth in video is an

Illusion

200

A shot is like a

Sentence

200

Your first chance to visualize your idea

Storyboards

200

A type of camera movement that requires both focus and physical action

Dolly Zoom

300

The traditional aspect ratio of video today

16 x 9

300

What your camera shows the viewer

The frame

300
A scene is like a

Paragraph

300

Tells your story in it's entirety

A script

300

Changing the focal point from one subject to another mid shot

Rack Focus
400

How much of video is delivered into homes today

Streaming

400

The size of an object on screen

Scale

400

A sequence is like a

Chapter

400

Done in post production to give the video a certain look or aesthetic

Color grading

400

The camera's white balance feature tells the camera what white is in

The light your using

500

A type of short video promoting a product, service, or person.

Commercial

500

To make people believe something that doesn't exist on screen

Imply

500

Being visually literate means

Knowing how and why something is created to influence you.

500

The leader of the production team

Director

500

For the best audio record it

Separately from the camera