Tooltip Tags: Camera

Video Assist

The process of simultaneously recording filmed picture onto video tape by means of the same lens system in order to immediately evaluate a take as soon as it is completed.

Western Dollly

A plywood dolly, with four large soft tires, which is used as a camera dolly on smooth floors or on plywood. It is also used to transport other equipment.

Zoom

An optical effect in which the image rapidly grows larger or smaller as though the camera is moving closer or away from its subject.

Reverse Angle

An optical effect in which the action appears backwards from its chronological sequence.

Set Up

Each discrete position of the camera, excluding those in which a dolly or crane is used to move the camera during filming.

Riser

(1) A cylindrical metal device placed betwen the dolly head and the camera base to raise the camera. (2) A prebuilt platform used to raise the set, camera, or lights.

Striking

The breakdown process of a camera position, location, or set.

T-Stop

A true f/stop as opposed to one dereived mathematically. It is the actual light transmission of a lens as measured on an optical bench.

Pick-Up Shot

Reshooting a portion of a scene, the rest of which was acceptably filmed in a previous take.

Principal Photography

The main photography of a film and the time period during which it takes place.