Chapter 4. Audiovisual Expresion

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Video

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the recording, reproducing, or broadcasting of moving visual images.

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Vitaphone

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was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1931.

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Movitone

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is an optical sound-on-film method of recording sound for motion pictures that guarantees synchronization between sound and picture.

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Beta

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denoting the second of a series of items, categories, forms of a chemical compound, etc.

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VHS

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is a widely-adopted videocassette recording technology that was developed by Japan Victor Company (JVC) and put on the market in 1976. It uses magnetic tape 1/2 inch (1.27 cm) in width.

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flash memory

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an electronic non-volatile computer storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.

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DVD

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is a digital optical disc storage format

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Retinal Persistence

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the theory where an afterimage is thought to persist for approximately one sixteenth of a second on the retina

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FPS

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is a video game genre centered on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through a first-person perspective

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PAL

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the television broadcasting system used in most of Europe.

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NTSC

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is the video system or standard used in North America and most of South America.

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SECAM

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Sequential Color with Memory

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EDTV

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Enhanced-definition television, or extended-definition television

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HDTV

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is a digital TV broadcasting format where the broadcast transmits widescreen pictures with more detail and quality than found in a standard analog television, or other digital television formats.

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blu-ray

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a format of DVD designed for the storage of high-definition video and data.

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HD-DVD

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was one of two formats for high definition

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codec

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a device or program that compresses data to enable faster transmission and decompresses received data.

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AVI

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a popular container file format used for watching standard definition video on the PC and is the container used by DivX video versions 3 through 6.

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DivX

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a brand of video codec products developed by DivX, LLC. The DivX codec is notable for its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality.

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XviD

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runs very fast as it is optimized for the latest CPUs. Recording video from a camera in realtime or playing back HD video smoothly are not a problem.

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MPEG

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is a working group of authorities that was formed by ISO and IEC to set standards for audio and video compression and transmission.

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MOV

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An assembly language instruction that copies data from one location to another.

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WMV

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is a file type which can contain video in one of several video compression formats developed by Microsoft.

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RM

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is a basic UNIX command used to remove objects such as files, directories, device nodes, symbolic links, and so on from the filesystem.

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FLV

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a container file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player version 6 and newer.

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VOB

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is the container format in DVD-Video media. VOB can contain digital video, digital audio, subtitles, DVD menus and navigation contents multiplexed together into a stream form.

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3GP

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Is a multimedia container format defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project for 3G UMTS multimedia services.

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script

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is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that can interpret (rather than compile) and automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator.

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scene

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a view or picture of a place

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dialog

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window is an overlay positioned within the viewport and is protected from page content (like select elements) shining through with an iframe.

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plot twist

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is a radical change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a novel, film, television series, comic, video game, or other work of narrative. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience, usually surprising them with a revelation.

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storyboard

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is a graphic organizer in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.

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frame

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a basic structure that underlies or supports a system, concept, or text.

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perspective

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the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.

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framing

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to frame something.

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shooting

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is a way of approaching photography that can take your work to a new level.

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editing

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is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible and film media used to convey information.

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conversion

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the act or an instance of converting or the process of being converted.