Motion, Video & Creative Techniques — 60 Terms Defined

180-degree Shutter Rule Motion, Video & Creative Techniques seconds The convention of setting the shutter speed to roughly double the frame rate, producing motion blur that reads as natural. t ≈ 1 / (2 × fps)

360-degree Photography Motion, Video & Creative Techniques degrees Capturing a complete spherical view around a point, viewed interactively or in a headset.

Bitrate Motion, Video & Creative Techniques Mbps The quantity of data used per second of video, which largely determines its quality within a given codec. File size = bitrate × duration

Camera Slider Motion, Video & Creative Techniques cm A short track on which a camera moves smoothly in a straight line.

Cinemagraph Motion, Video & Creative Techniques seconds A still image in which a small isolated area moves in a seamless loop.

Codec Motion, Video & Creative Techniques The compression scheme used to encode and decode video data.

Digital Stabilisation Motion, Video & Creative Techniques % crop Stabilisation performed by cropping into the frame and shifting the crop window to counteract movement.

Dolly Motion, Video & Creative Techniques m A wheeled platform carrying a camera and operator, moved along the ground or on track for extended travelling shots.

Drone Cinematography Motion, Video & Creative Techniques m Filming from a remotely piloted aircraft, giving access to elevated and moving viewpoints.

Flat Picture Profile Motion, Video & Creative Techniques A camera setting that reduces contrast and saturation to retain more information for later adjustment, without the full complexity of log.

Follow Focus Motion, Video & Creative Techniques degrees A geared mechanism that allows focus to be adjusted precisely and repeatably, usually by a second operator.

FPV Drone Motion, Video & Creative Techniques km/h A first-person-view drone flown through a headset showing the pilot's live camera feed, capable of fast, acrobatic movement.

Frame Rate Motion, Video & Creative Techniques fps The number of individual frames recorded or played back per second.

Freelensing Motion, Video & Creative Techniques Detaching a lens from the camera and holding it in front of the mount, tilting it to create selective focus and light leaks.

Gimbal Stabiliser Motion, Video & Creative Techniques kg (payload) A motorised three-axis mount that holds a camera level and steady while the operator moves.

High-speed Photography Motion, Video & Creative Techniques µs Capturing events too fast for the eye, using very brief flash durations or specialised high-frame-rate cameras.

Holy Grail Transition Motion, Video & Creative Techniques stops A time-lapse that runs across a large change in light, such as day into night, requiring exposure to change during the sequence.

Hyperlapse Motion, Video & Creative Techniques m per frame A time-lapse in which the camera moves substantially between frames, producing accelerated motion through space.

In-body Image Stabilisation Motion, Video & Creative Techniques stops Stabilisation achieved by moving the sensor itself to counteract camera movement.

Infrared Photography Motion, Video & Creative Techniques nm Photography using light beyond the visible red, producing distinctive tonal reversals and false-colour effects.

Intentional Camera Movement Motion, Video & Creative Techniques seconds Deliberately moving the camera during a long exposure to abstract the scene into streaks and washes of colour.

Intervalometer Motion, Video & Creative Techniques seconds A timer, built in or external, that fires the shutter automatically at set intervals for a set number of frames.

Intra-frame Compression Motion, Video & Creative Techniques Mbps Compression in which each frame is encoded independently, without reference to those around it.

Jib Motion, Video & Creative Techniques m (reach) A counterweighted arm that raises and sweeps a camera through an arc, giving elevation and movement from a fixed base.