Thursday, January 21, 2010

Vocabulary 1.19.10

zoom- to focus in or out on a specific area

pan-refers to the horizontal movement or rotation of a still or video camera, or the scanning of a subject horizontally on video or a display device. Panning a camera results in a motion similar to that of someone shaking their head "no" or of an aircraft performing a yaw rotation

tilt-the camera is stationary and rotates in a vertical plane

cant-

close-up-tightly frames a person or an object

medium-shot-shot from a medium distance

long-shot-typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.

two shot-the frame encompasses a view of two people

tripod-the stand for a camera

dolly-platform that enables a movie or video camera to move during shots

tracking-finding the location of an object of the scene on each frame of the sequence, when processing a video sequence

white balance- the global adjustment of the intensities of the colors

sync-a signal used in video systems to coordinate the timings of lines, fields and frames

green screen-a monochrome CRT computer display

chroma key- is a technique for mixing two images or frames together in which a color (or a small color range) from one image is removed (or made transparent), revealing another image behind it

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