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| The particular approach to a story-it's central theme. |
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| Production activities that take place away from the studio. |
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| All personnel, equipment, and facilities needed for a production. |
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| The use of two or more cameras to capture a scene simultaneously from different points of view. |
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| Any production activity that occurs after the production. Usually refers to video editing and/or audio sweetening. |
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| The preparation of all production details. |
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| The message actually perceived by the viewer in the process of watching a video program. |
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| The actual activites in which an event is recorded and/or televised. |
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| Moving from the idea to the program objective and then backing up to the specific medium requirements to achieve the program objective. |
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| The desired effect of the program on the viewer. |
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| All the video is captured by a single camera or camcorder for postproduction editing. Similar to the traditional film approach. Also called film-style. |
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| Production activities that take place in the studio. |
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| Usually a three-person team consisting of the talent, a camcorder operator, and a utility person who handles lighting, audio, and/or video recording, and, if necessary, the microwave transmission back to the studio. |
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| Nontechnical Production Personnel |
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| people concerned primarily with nontechnical production matters that lead from the basic idea to the final screen image. Includes producers, directors, and talent. Also called above-the-line personnel. |
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| Normally consists of the director, a video editor, and, for complex productions, a sound designer who remixes the sound track. |
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| Comprises the people who plan the production. Normally includes the producer, writer, director, art director, and technical director. Large productions may include a composer and a choreographer. In charge: producer. |
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| A calendar that shows the preproduction, production, and postproduction dates and who is doing what, when, and where. |
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| Comprises a variety of nontechnical and technical people, such as producer and various assistants, director and assistant director, and talent and production crew. In charge: director. |
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| Technical Production Personnel |
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| People who operate the production equipment, including camera operators, floor persons, and video and audio engineers. Also called below-the-line personnel. |
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| A breakdown of time blocks for various activites on the actual production day, such as crew call, setup and camera rehearsal. |
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| A scanning system of digital tv. The p stands for progressive, which means that each complete television frame consists of 480 visible lines that are scanned one after the other. |
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| A scanning system of digital television. The p stands for progressive, which means that each complete television fram consists of 720 visible lines that are scanned one after the other. Generally considered high def tv. |
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| A scanning system of high def tv. The i stands for interlaced, which means that a complete frame is formed from two interlaces scanning fields. Generally considered the high end HDTV system. |
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| A signal that fluctuates exactly like the original stimulus. |
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| The smallest amount of info a computer can hold and process. A charge is either present, represented by a 1, or absent, represented by a 0. |
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| Stands for compression-decompression. Can be one of several compression systems of digital video, graphics and audio files. |
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| The temporary rearrangement or elimination of redundant picture info for easier storage and signal transport. |
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| Pertaining to data in the form of binary digits. |
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| Digital systems that generally have a higher image resolution than standard television. Sometimes called advanced television. |
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| One half of a complete scanning cycle, with two fields necessary for one television picture frame. In analog television, there are 60 fields, or 30 frames, per second. |
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| A complete scanning cycle of the electron beam. In interlaced scanning, two partial scanning cycles are necessary for one frame. In progressive scanning, each scanning cycle produces one complete frame. |
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| The time it takes to scan a complete frame; usually expressed in frames per second. |
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| Includes the 720p, 1080i and 1080p scanning systems. Because the 480p system produces high quality video, it is sometimes, though erroneously included in the HDTV category. |
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| The scanning of all the odd numbered lines (first field) and the subsequent scanning of all the even-numbered lines (second field). The two fields make up a complete television frame. |
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| The consecutive scanning of lines from top to bottom. |
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| A step in the digitalization of an analog signal. It changes the sampling points into discrete numerical values (0's and 1's). Also called quantization. |
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| The number of complete scanning cycles per second. Also expressed in frames per second. |
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| Taking a number of samples of the analog video or audio signal at equally spaced intervals. |
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| The movement of the electron beam from left to right and from top to bottom on the television screen. |
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| Iris opening of a lens; usually measured in f-stops. |
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| Optical device within the camera that splits the white light into three additive primary light colors; red, green and blue. |
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| A portable camera with the video recorder built into it. |
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| The camera and the associated electronic equipment, consisting of the power supply, the sync generator, and the camera control unit. |
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| Camera control unit (CCU) |
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| Equipment, separate from the actual camera, that allows the video operator to adjust the color and brightness balance before and during the production. |
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| Charge-coupled device (CCD) |
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| A solid-state imaging device that translates the optical image into a video signal. Also called chip. |
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| Contains the RGB video signals or some combination thereof. Also called color, or C, channel. |
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| Highly portable, high end self contained camera for electronic field production. |
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| a lens that permits a relatively great amount of light to pass through at its largest aperture (lowest f-stop number). Can be used in low light conditions. |
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| With the lens set at infinity, the distance from the iris to the plane where the picture is in focus. Normally measured in millimeters or inches. |
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| the scale on the lens, indicating the aperture. The larger the f-stop number, the smaller the aperture. |
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| Adjustable lens-opening mechanism. Also called lens diaphragm. |
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| Contains the balck and white part of a video signal. It is mainly responsible for the sharpness of the picture. Also called the luma, or Y, channel. |
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| A lens that permits a relatively small amount of light to pass through. Requires higher light levels for optimal pictures. |
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| A small video screen or flat panel display on a camera that shows the black and white or color picture the camera generates. The flat panel displays are also called monitors. |
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| Variable focal length lens. All video cameras are equipped with a zoom lens. |
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| How much the focal length can be changed from a wide shot to a close-up during a zoom. |
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