Tooltip Tags: Camera

Process Shot

A shot that will be composited from two other shots. The background part of this process is called a ‘plate’.

Pre-Blacked

A video tape which has already had a control track, usually with SMPTE encoded time code, but without any picture or sound. This is done to facilitate the video editing or assembly process.

Slate

The identifier placed in front of the camera at beginning of a take.

Rack Focus

To shift focal points from one object to another withing a single take.

Reaction Shot

A shot of a player listening while another player’s voice continues on the sound track.

Low Key

A high contrast lighting style with lost of shadows and large areas of darkness.

Obie

An eyelight mounted on the camera.

Pan

A horizontal movement of a camera on a fixed axis.

Iris

A variable aperture that controls exposure or the amount of light which is released from a lighting unit.

Noir

Usually refers to the classic black and white film noir style used in detective mysteries, typically employing hard lighting and dark, low key lighting.