Video Broadcast

• View of subject from a long distance.

  Long shot
• The television color system used in the United States, Canada, Japan, and in parts of South America and Asia.

  NTSC (National Television Systems Committee)
• A technique in which the focus is moved from one place to another.

  Focus Pulling
• The TV color system used in France, the USSR, Eastern Europe, most of the Middle East, and parts of Africa.

  SECAM (Sequential Color with Memory)
• To add to or change the sound of a recorded video.

  Dub
• In three-point lighting, a light placed on the opposite side of the main (key) light to fill in shadows.

  Fill light
• Pivoting the camcorder while taping to encompass a broad view, or to keep a moving subject in frame.

  Panning
• Camcorder feature designed to focus the picture automatically.

  Autofocus
• The zone of acceptability sharp focus surrounding the actual point of true focus.

  Depth of field
• Copying shots from the source tape (recorded in the camcorder) onto a blank taped (the edit master) in the required sequence.

  Assemble edit
• To change a zoom lens to a wide angle position; long shot.

  Zoom out
• A light that produces a wide, diffused spread of illumination.

  Flood light
• To change a zoom lens to a telephoto position; close-up.

  Zoom in
• A control, usually automatic, that allows the camcorder to record colors naturally in both natural and artificial light.

  White balance
• The television color system used in Western Europe (except France), and other parts of the world including Australia, India, China, and Brazil.

  PAL (Phase Alternate Line)
• A vertical camera pivot.

  Tilt
• An adjustment that ensures the correct reproduction of colors under different lighting conditions.

  White Balance
• A lighting situation in which the subject is positioned between the principal light source and the camcorder.

  Backlighting
• A short focal length used to gain a wide perspective, often referred to as "zoomed out".

  Wide angle
• An editing fault when the cut between scenes seems to imply that some part of the action has been accidentally omitted.

  Jump cut
• A transition from one scene to another brought about by one image gradually.

  Dissolve
• That which is in the front portion of the picture, or in front of the subject.

  Foreground
• The abrupt transition from one scene to another, achieved in the camcorder or as part of the editing process after taping is finished.

  Cut
• Modern camcorders have separate AGCs to control both sound and exposure levels.

  AGC (Automatic Gain Control)
• A small microphone that is usually pinned to one's clothes.

  Lavalier Mike