1. Chapter 1
About Video

2. Key Terms You should have
Camcorder- an appliance that both captures moving images (camera) & stores them on tape (recorder)
Digitize- to record images & sounds as numerical data, either directly in a camcorder or in the process of importing them to a computer

3. Key Terms You should have
Film- an audiovisual medium that records images on transparent plastic strips by means of photosensitive chemicals
Live- recorded & (usually) transmitted for display continuously & in real time

4. Key Terms You should have
Shoot- to record film or video; also “a shoot” is an informal term for the production phase of a film or video project
Television- studio-based multicamera video that is often produced & transmitted “live”

5. Key Terms You should have
Video- an audiovisual medium that records on magnetic tape or disk by electronic means; also, single-camera taped program creation in the manner of film production
Visual Literacy- the ability to evaluate the content of visual media through an understanding of the way in which it is recorded & presented

6. What is Video? Until recently, video didn’t exist
2 main audiovisual media -film & TV

7. Why is film good? Portable
Ability to reproduce quality images in black & white & color is highly refined
Better editing is possible (separate recording tracks for audio & tape)

8. TV … not so hot???
Equipment was too heavy, complex, & tied down by cables
Image quality worse than film
Couldn’t be recorded for later editing

9. Video Language Image= single word Shot= complete sentence
Scene= paragraph
Sequence= chapter

10. Video Literacy Persuades you about what to buy or how to vote
Tells you who’s important & why
Tells you about your community, nation, & planet are working & how they should work
Shows you what’s fashionable, desirable, & what you’re supposed to want
Models ways to love, fight, work, worship, & dream

11. Video Production
Preproduction- everything you do BEFORE you shoot (scripting/ storyboarding, scout locations, get cast & crew, & all equipment needs)
Production- the actual shoot
Postproduction- the editing process