Unit 3: Video Post-Production
1. Aspect ratio - the relationship between the width and height of an image; conventional video and TV is 4:3; widescreen 16:9.
2. B-roll (cut away) - supplemental or alternate footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary.
3. Burning - the process of transferring or recording data to an optical disk, i.e. DVD.
4. Duration - the span between the in point and the out point of a video clip.
5. Fading - one image slowly dissolves to display the next image or fades to black.
6. File compression - reducing the file size of video while maintaining acceptable quality.
7. Frame rate - the number of frames recorded per second.
8. Frame size - also referred to as resolution, expressed by the horizontal and vertical dimensions of a frame.
9. Lower thirds - in the television industry, an element placed in the lower area of the screen, though not necessarily the entire lower thir; example, sports scores or news highlights across the bottom of the screen.
10. Nat sounds - natural sounds; the sounds that would naturally occur where video is being shot.
11. NTSC - broadcast standard used in North America; uses 4:3 aspect ratio with 29.97 fps.
12. PAL - broadcast standard used in most of Europe and the rest of the world; uses 4:3 ratio with 25 fps.
13. Render - to build a preview of a project from the source files such as video clips, audio clips, titles, graphics, transitions, etc.
14, Rolling credits - credits at the end of a video production that gradually roll up the screen in a continuous list.
15. Scrubbing - a manual preview of a video project.
16. Sound bite - short piece of a speech or interview used in video production.
17. Superimpose - layering images or video
18. Templates - a format used to provide a consistent look and feel to a production; can be predefined by the software or created buy the developer.
19. Timeline - an editing interface that lays out a video project in a linear fashion.
20. Title overlay - superimposing text on an image or video
21. Transition - special effects set to occur between the frames in a video production.
22. Video capture - the process of transferring video from a camera to the commputer.
23. Voice-over - the recorded voice narrating the story.
1. Aspect ratio - the relationship between the width and height of an image; conventional video and TV is 4:3; widescreen 16:9.
2. B-roll (cut away) - supplemental or alternate footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary.
3. Burning - the process of transferring or recording data to an optical disk, i.e. DVD.
4. Duration - the span between the in point and the out point of a video clip.
5. Fading - one image slowly dissolves to display the next image or fades to black.
6. File compression - reducing the file size of video while maintaining acceptable quality.
7. Frame rate - the number of frames recorded per second.
8. Frame size - also referred to as resolution, expressed by the horizontal and vertical dimensions of a frame.
9. Lower thirds - in the television industry, an element placed in the lower area of the screen, though not necessarily the entire lower thir; example, sports scores or news highlights across the bottom of the screen.
10. Nat sounds - natural sounds; the sounds that would naturally occur where video is being shot.
11. NTSC - broadcast standard used in North America; uses 4:3 aspect ratio with 29.97 fps.
12. PAL - broadcast standard used in most of Europe and the rest of the world; uses 4:3 ratio with 25 fps.
13. Render - to build a preview of a project from the source files such as video clips, audio clips, titles, graphics, transitions, etc.
14, Rolling credits - credits at the end of a video production that gradually roll up the screen in a continuous list.
15. Scrubbing - a manual preview of a video project.
16. Sound bite - short piece of a speech or interview used in video production.
17. Superimpose - layering images or video
18. Templates - a format used to provide a consistent look and feel to a production; can be predefined by the software or created buy the developer.
19. Timeline - an editing interface that lays out a video project in a linear fashion.
20. Title overlay - superimposing text on an image or video
21. Transition - special effects set to occur between the frames in a video production.
22. Video capture - the process of transferring video from a camera to the commputer.
23. Voice-over - the recorded voice narrating the story.