Camera Functions
Storage for the camera that should be formatted before use.
What is an SD Card?
A character's response to a preceding action and/or dialogue in a scene.
What is a Reaction Shot?
Producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, hiring a director and other crew, and arranging financing.
What is a Producer?
A character who's objective's drive the narrative.
What is a Protagonist?
The removal of unwanted footage in a video clip.
What is a trim/cut?
The duration of time the camera lets light pass into the lens for each frame exposed.
What is Shutter Speed?
The set up of where a sequence is going to occur.
What is an Establishing Shot?
The direction that people and things face when viewed through a camera.
What is Screen Direction?
A way to categorize movies based on shared characteristics, such as setting, characters, plot, mood, tone, and theme.
What is Genre?
The process of bringing media files into a video editing software from a stored SD card or drive for video editing.
What is importing?
The hole in the center of the lens allows and determines how much light travels through the camera.
What is Aperture?
A shot that takes place on the 180 degree line and has no screen direction.
What is a Neutral Shot?
A list of shots created by the director and cinematographer to help visualize the story.
What is a Shot List?
The transformation and growth that a character goes through as the story progresses.
What is a Character Arc?
A visual representation of sound vibrations across an audio clip's duration.
What are Waveforms?
The area in front of the camera that looks sharp and focused.
What is Depth of Field?
A close up that gives an object more necessary detail to move the main narrative.
What is an Insert Shot?
A device meant to mark the scenes and takes as filmed and sync the video and audio
What is a slate?
The series of events that follow logically from one to the next to make up a story.
What is Plot?
A video clip fades out at the same time as another one fades in.
What is crossfading?
The process of setting the color temperature of an image to make white objects appear white and other colors appear more realistic
What is White Balance?
The change of a shot's focus from the foreground to the background (or vice versa).
What is a Rack Focus?
The department responsible for all rigging behind the scenes, especially camera rigs and lighting rigs.
What is the Grip Department
The catalytic event that sets the protagonist on the journey from the ordinary world of act one to the special world of act two.
What is Inciting Incident?
Supplemental footage that supports the main footage, or A-roll, and enhances the storytelling.
What is a B-Roll?