6.5 Key Chapter Terms

Chapter 6 Terms

Aspect ratio:

The proportional relationship between the width of a video image compared to its height (Homes, 2023, para. 1).

Assets:

Media files to be used in a video.

Cutaway:

An editing term for a cut that interrupts the flow of a sequence with another shot that is related to it.

Dissolve:

An editing term for a transition where the end of one shot overlaps with the beginning of the next, creating a gradual fade.

Exposure:

How bright or dark footage is.

Fade:

An editing term for a transition where there is a gradual brightening or gradual change into a color at either the beginning or ending of a shot.

Framing:

Manipulation of a shot in order to convey a vision to the audience.

Interlace:

A technique television uses to display its image where odd numbers of a row get sent first, and then even numbers.

Opacity:

How transparent an image is.

Resolution:

The number of pixels contained in each frame (Leonard & Kurniawan, n.d., para. 1)

Screen casting:

A video format where the filmmaker records their computer screen and narrates over it.

Split edit:

An editing term for when the visual and audio of a scene cut at different times during the transition from one shot to another.

Timeline:

Where parts of a video are complied and arranged.

Tracks:

Layers in the timeline where media can be placed.

Transitions:

A visual effect that joins together two clips.

Attribution & References

Except where otherwise noted, Terms and definitions are adapted from the pages and original sources cited within chapter 6, CC BY-NC 4.0.

References for terms from outside sources

Holmes, T. (2023, January 4). What is Aspect Ratio? https://wistia.com/learn/production/what-is-aspect-ratio

Leonard, M., & Kurniawan, M. (n.d). A beginner’s guide to video resolution. https://www.adobe.com/ca/creativecloud/video/discover/video-resolution.html
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