A scene change in a movie; a quick move from one scene to another.
What is Cut
100
Usually the first shot of a scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place.
What is Establishing Shot
100
A camera angle that looks at the talking subject from the listener'd perspective, literally over the shoulder.
What is Over the shoulder
100
One image slowly dissolves to display the next image or fades black.
What is Fading
100
Superimposing text on an image or video
What is Title Overlay
200
A planning tool that includes the "spoken" text of a video production.
What is Script
200
Camera setting that adjusts for lighting in order make objects appear white in photos.
What is White Balance
200
The number of frames recorded per second.
What is Frame Rate
200
To build a preview of a project from the source files such as video clips, audio clips, titles, graphics, transitions, etc.
What is Render
200
Broadcast standard used in most of Europe and the rest of the world; uses 4:3 ratio with 25fps.
What is PAL
300
A camera angle which shows the subject as we would expect to see them in real life.
What is Eye Level
300
A camera angle that shows the subject from below; camera is angled up towards the subject.
What is Low Angle
300
Layering images or video.
What is Superimpose
300
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
300
A manual preview of a video project.
What is Scrubbing
400
A series of sketch that are used as a planning tool to visually show how the action of a story unfolds.
What is Storyboard
400
A camera movement that scans a scene horizontally.
What is Panning
400
The span between the in point and the out point of a video clip.
What is Duration
400
Special effects set to occur between the frames in a video production.
What is Transition
400
The relationship between the width and height of an image; conventional video TV is 4:3; widescreen 16:9.
What is Aspect Ratio
500
Altering the lens making a subject appear closer or further away.
What is Zooming
500
Raw, unedited material as it had been originally recorded.
What is Footage
500
Supplement or alternate footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary.
What is B-roll (Cut Away)
500
In the television industry, an element placed in the lower area of the screen, through not necessarily the entire lower third; example, sports scores or news highlights across the bottom of the screen.
What is Lower Third
500
An editing interface that lays out a video project in a linear fashion.