Motion, Video & Creative Techniques
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180-degree Shutter Rule
The convention of setting the shutter speed to roughly double the frame rate, producing motion blur that reads as natural.
Motion, Video & Creative Techniques360-degree Photography
Capturing a complete spherical view around a point, viewed interactively or in a headset.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesBitrate
The quantity of data used per second of video, which largely determines its quality within a given codec.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesCamera Slider
A short track on which a camera moves smoothly in a straight line.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesCinemagraph
A still image in which a small isolated area moves in a seamless loop.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesCodec
The compression scheme used to encode and decode video data.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesDigital Stabilisation
Stabilisation performed by cropping into the frame and shifting the crop window to counteract movement.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesDolly
A wheeled platform carrying a camera and operator, moved along the ground or on track for extended travelling shots.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesDrone Cinematography
Filming from a remotely piloted aircraft, giving access to elevated and moving viewpoints.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesFlat Picture Profile
A camera setting that reduces contrast and saturation to retain more information for later adjustment, without the full complexity of log.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesFollow Focus
A geared mechanism that allows focus to be adjusted precisely and repeatably, usually by a second operator.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesFPV Drone
A first-person-view drone flown through a headset showing the pilot's live camera feed, capable of fast, acrobatic movement.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesFrame Rate
The number of individual frames recorded or played back per second.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesFreelensing
Detaching a lens from the camera and holding it in front of the mount, tilting it to create selective focus and light leaks.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesGimbal Stabiliser
A motorised three-axis mount that holds a camera level and steady while the operator moves.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesHigh-speed Photography
Capturing events too fast for the eye, using very brief flash durations or specialised high-frame-rate cameras.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesHoly Grail Transition
A time-lapse that runs across a large change in light, such as day into night, requiring exposure to change during the sequence.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesHyperlapse
A time-lapse in which the camera moves substantially between frames, producing accelerated motion through space.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesIn-body Image Stabilisation
Stabilisation achieved by moving the sensor itself to counteract camera movement.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesInfrared Photography
Photography using light beyond the visible red, producing distinctive tonal reversals and false-colour effects.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesIntentional Camera Movement
Deliberately moving the camera during a long exposure to abstract the scene into streaks and washes of colour.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesIntervalometer
A timer, built in or external, that fires the shutter automatically at set intervals for a set number of frames.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesIntra-frame Compression
Compression in which each frame is encoded independently, without reference to those around it.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesJib
A counterweighted arm that raises and sweeps a camera through an arc, giving elevation and movement from a fixed base.