video vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. are typically versions of the script that haven’t been revised or approved by the project’s stakeholders. They’re early versions, open to change.
  2. 7. where its at
  3. 10. the secondary camera to produce footage that supports or complements the A-Cam. For example, if you locate your A-Cam in front of the actor speaking,
  4. 11. A camera lens is a camera component that concentrates light into your camera sensor. Without a lens, cameras don’t capture images.
  5. 16. refers to the group of activities you do while recording your video. The following is a list of terms you’ll hear during the production stage.
  6. 17. refers to the speed at which a video’s plot unfolds or the spacing between lines of dialogue
  7. 18. refers to a detailed list of the shots your crew must take (or animate) to tell your story. This can be done before, after, or in place of a storyboard depending on the way you like to work.
  8. 19. In pre-production, dialogue refers to the lines written in a script that actors or characters will say during the production stage.
  9. 20. t refers to the framing of a subject or location. There are various types of shots, such as wide, medium, and close shots, as well as an array of many others.
Down
  1. 1. all of your footage or animation that is the main focus of your video. Think people being interviewed or characters having a conversation.
  2. 3. refers to how much a camera lens’s diaphragm will open, impacting the amount of light that reaches the camera sensor, as well as having an impact on the depth of field.
  3. 4. the main camera you’re using to shoot your video. Many productions only use a single camera, but on multi-cam productions
  4. 5. A gimbal is an electronic camera stabilizer. It uses motors to keep the camera stable on 3 different axes. Gimbals can be used handheld, or even rigged to drones or vehicles. Camera operators can use it to record stable footage, even while they move.
  5. 6. use animation to sketch a story instead of a piece of paper
  6. 8. a sketch of your story’s events: how scenes will look. They can also include descriptions for camera movement, character actions, and key dialogue.
  7. 9. correlates to the size of a lens’s aperture. The larger the aperture opening, the smaller the f-stop number, and inversely, the smaller the aperture opening, the larger the f-stop number.
  8. 12. A crane is a type of camera support rig that allows you to move the camera smoothly over larger distances. Cranes allow you to move the camera in all 4 directions – up, down, left, and right.
  9. 13. a written document that contains your story’s plot alongside the characters, locations, and dialogue that are part of it. The script should be focused mainly on dialogue, with short descriptions of visuals if needed.
  10. 14. anything that supports your A-Roll. In a single-camera scenario, B-roll is most commonly used to support whatever is the main focus of your video: detail shots, scenery, etc. If working on multi-cam shoots, B-Roll is the footage that came from the
  11. 15. sequence of continuous action on film. In Vyond, a scene refers to an individual portion of your video where a character or prop starts and finishes an action.