ELITE VIDEO SERVICES
FEATURES DEFINITION LIST
This list of definitions and popular video terms should be helpful in providing you with some ideas of the different types of equipment and editing techniques available to you while planning and scripting your video footage.
AB-roll Editing -Performed like live switching, but in the editing room.
Editor selects between two or more simultaneously running tapes
Audio Dub, Overlay - Music or dialog not orignally part of the visuals,
but related in theme or content; like the music over the photographs
Audio Mix - During editing, when two or more audio elements are
combined in correct proportion; e.g. music over interviews
Camcorder - integration of camera and recorder into a single unit;
have essentially replaced wired camera VCR combos in wedding work
Cart System - Wheel-around rig consisting of camera on support pole,
recording VCR, batteries, and TV monitor. Gets stable high angle view
but not as responsive and spontaneous as handheld camera
Color/Density correction - Adjustment of color or brightness errors
done during editing
Editing - Electronic rearrangement or shortening of the original
recording to remove flaws and dead spots, make better use of screen
time, or add to dramatic and visual impact
Finale or Ending Montage - A recap at the end of a tape
Highlight version - an shorter than normal edited version, generally
lasting less than 30 minutes
Hi8 - Counterpart of 8mm (as SVHS is to VHS). Very compact. Popular
more for image recording than edit mastering
Insert, Video Insert, Cutaway - A reaction shot or other momentary
cut in the visuals when the sound stays the same
Live-switching - A type of multi camera coverage where all cameras
feed a switcher/ effect generator and a director selects camera views
and does effects between them in real time - like a live TV show - making
one recording.
Love Story Introduction - Opening produced in advance of the event
showing the couple in a "love walk" setting along with an interview
of how their relationship progressed, perhaps a music background
Lux - Metric unit of incident light measurement; average reception
hall is 5-10 lux, church interior 30-100 lux, TV studio is about 2000
lux. A popular new 3-chip camera for weddings can record
in as little as 3 lux (dimmed hall)
Montage - a collection of action clips or stills which did not necessarily
occur sequentially, but when edited together convey a sense of the event
or couple. Most last 1-5 minutes
On-camera Light - Small battery-powered light mounted atop camera
Photo Introduction or Montage - An opening sequence of growing
up or contemporary photos, set to a music background, perhaps fancied
with some electronic move or effect
Special effect transitions - A change between scenes other than
a striaght cut, such as a dissolve, geometric wipe, or digital effect
move; achieves a more gradual change, but is often overused
Steadicam - a mechanical stabilizing device to enable the videographer
to move through the room without camera shake
Strobing - A digital motioni image effect which gives a stop motion
effect as seen in some music videos; often overused
SuperVHS (SVHS) - A higher-resolution variant of consumer VHS, designed
for industrial & commercial production, and giving a clean release VHS
tape after the rigors of editing and duplication. Defacto standard
for wedding work
Three-chip camera - A professional camera having seprate image sensors
and a beam-splitting prism to process the three primarily colors. Consumer
cameras generally have one chip with a special color stripe filter
Three-chip cameras give sharper images with more accurate color and tolerate
the high contrasts of white gowns formalwear. Many use one-chip cameras
because they are lighter and cheaper
Time base corrector - Electronic digital device to imporve the quality
during editing and copying of tapes
Wireless mike (or radio microphone) - Small, inconspicuous microphone
and transmitter placed on groom or ceremony official to get more direct
sound. Low end units are subject to sound dropout and interference.
Separate wired backup mike recommended for parallel recording.
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