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The process of transferring a finished audio track back to the master
videotape.
The elements of an effect created by combining two or more tracks in a
specified way, such as nesting one track as a layer within another.
A length of film, tape, or a digital clip placed at the beginning of a roll,
reel, or sequence to facilitate the cueing and syncing of material.
A quantitative measure of a video or an audio signal. A low level indicates
the darker portions in video and the soft or quieter portions in audio;
conversely, a high level indicates a brighter video image or a louder audio
signal. The level of audio signal correlates directly with the volume of
reproduced sound.
To remove selected frames from a sequence and to leave black or silence in
the place of the frames.
A type of tape editing in which you assemble the program from beginning
to end. If you require changes, you must rerecord everything downstream
of the change. The physical nature of the medium (for example, analog
videotape) dictates how you place material on the medium.
A recording or live feed of a program that switches between multiple
cameras and image sources. Also known in sitcom production as the
director's cut.
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A roll of film stock ready to be placed in the camera for photography.
A 1000-foot load is a common standard.
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A group of multicamera reels shot at the same time, sharing the same
timecode, and numbered accordingly.
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A mark added to a selected frame to qualify a particular location within a
sequence. User-defined comments can be added to locators.
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To enter information about your media into bins at the beginning of the
editing process. Logging can be done automatically or manually.
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The recording of multiple takes of dialog or sound effects.
A compression scheme in which no data is lost. In video compression,
lossless data files are usually very large.
A compression scheme in which data is thrown away, resulting in loss of
image quality. The degree of loss depends on the specific compression
algorithm used.
Long shot.
Longitudinal timecode. A type of SMPTE timecode that is recorded on the
audio track of a videotape.
The measure of the intensity of the combined color (white) portion of a
video signal.
