Video Production Vocabulary

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  1. 2. A type of camera mount that allows the camera to be raised high over the set and swung in any direction
  2. 6. Resistance to movement created by tripod head mount.
  3. 8. Determines the amount of light that passes through the lens by controlling the size of the iris.
  4. 9. Lenses A type of camera lens that can smoothly move from a close-up shot to a wide-angle shot, stopping anywhere between, all the while capturing usable footage.
  5. 11. The strength of a video or audio signal.
  6. 12. Handle The pan handle allows the camera operator to move the tripod head while standing behind the tripod.
  7. 13. Stripes In some viewfinders that displays black and white diagonal stripes on any object in a shot that is too brightly lit.
  8. 15. Photosensitive surface of a charge coupled device.
  9. 16. A circuit on the video camera that regulates how long the CCD is exposed to light coming through the lens.
  10. 17. in (ZI) Rotation the zoom lens so that the center of the picture appears to be moving toward the camera.
  11. 18. Finder A small video monitor that allows the camera operator to view the images in the shot.
  12. 20. The act of rotating the focus ring on a camera lens until the lines of contrast in the image are as sharp as possible
  13. 21. out (ZO) or Widen Rotating the zoom lens so that the center of the picture appears to be moving away from the camera
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  1. 1. Head A mounting assembly on some tripods that stabilizes the camera using the pressure between two pieces or metal and thick fluid that provides additional resistance to movement.
  2. 3. The iris is comprised of blades that physically expand and contrast.
  3. 4. Head The actual camera portion of the equipment.
  4. 5. Length The distance (measured in millimeters) from the optical center (focal point) of the lens assembly to the back of the lens assembly.
  5. 7. The opening, adjusted by the iris, through which passes through the lens.
  6. 8. Head A mounting assembly on some tripods that stabilizes the camera using the pressure create when two pieces of metal are squeezed together by a screw.
  7. 10. An assembly of several glass discs placed in a tube on the front of a camera
  8. 14. Lens A particular moving piece of glass within the lens assembly
  9. 15. Head The assembly at the top of the pedestal column to which the camera attaches.
  10. 19. Focus A common feature on consumer cameras that keeps only the center of the picture in focus.