Digital Commons at Penn State

Audio/Video Basics is designed to be an introduction into the terminology and concepts of working with Video. This training includes some basic terminology, a look at the differences of High Definition versus Standard Definition and finishes with a look at Basic Lighting including the technique called 3 point lighting.

Terms Covered

• A/V
• Pixels
• Aspect Ratio
• Compression
• Chroma Key or Key(ing)
• Cross Fade / Dissolves (Transition)
• Digitizing / Capturing
• Firewire
• Timecode
• Video File Formats
• White Balance