Can You See Me?
Key, Fill, and Backlight
What is 3-Point Lighting?
This photographic accessory is essentially "sunglasses" for a camera lens.
What is a ND Filter?
Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO.
What is the Exposure Triangle?
A small, wearable, clip-on microphone designed for hands-free, high-quality audio capture.
What is a Lavalier Mic
Camera framing technique in filmmaking that captures a subject from approximately mid-thigh to the top of the head.
What is a Cowboy Shot?
Diffused lighting style that wraps around a subject, creating gentle shadows with soft edges, typically produced by large, close light sources
What is Soft Light?
Bayonet Neill–Concelman
What is BNC?
This measures the size of a camera lens's aperture (opening), dictating how much light enters and affecting exposure and depth of field.
What is F-Stop?
This is a professional-grade, locking, circular connector mainly used for balanced analog audio, microphones, and stage lighting.
What is a XLR?
Technique involving the horizontal swivelling of a camera from a fixed position, usually a tripod?
What is a Pan?
Existing, natural, or non-artificial illumination present in a scene.
"available light" or "natural light"
What is Ambient Light?
This measures a light source's ability to accurately reveal the true colors of objects compared to natural daylight. Ranging from 0–100.
What is Color Rendering Index (CRI)?
The frequency at which consecutive images (frames) appear on a display, determining motion smoothness.
What is Frame Rate?
This term defines how a microphone responds to sound coming from different directions.
What is a pickup pattern?
Technique where the camera is intentionally tilted to one side, making the horizon line diagonal rather than horizontal.
What is a Dutch Angle?
This type of lighting leaves a triangle of light on the shadowed cheek.
What is Rembrandt Lighting?
There are two of these a day. Oh, and two of those as well. They sure are magical.
What are golden hour and blue hour?
This is a graphical representation displaying the distribution of tones (brightness levels) in an image.
What is a histogram?
Measure of how much an amplifier boosts an input signal's strength
Gain
Technique where the camera is placed below the subject's eye line, pointing upward.
What is a Low Angle Shot?
Units used to measure light intensity.
What are Lumens? (Lux, foot-candles)
Technique that uses black, non-reflective materials to absorb light and increase shadow contrast on a subject.
What is Negative Fill?
The visual streaking or smearing of fast-moving objects in a still image or sequence of frames.
What is Motion Blur?
Unidirectional microphone with a heart-shaped pickup pattern, most sensitive to sound at the front while rejecting audio from the rear.
What is a Cardioid Mic?
The precise staging, choreography, and movement of actors, camera operators, and props within a scene to serve the narrative.
What is Blocking?