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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
02/24/2012

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NTSC
Definition
525 lines
60/interlaced/hz
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PAL
Definition
625 lines
50/interlaced/hz
Term
If one interlaced scan is half of the image, how many whole images do you get from 60 hertz?
Definition
30 fps
Term
If one interlaced scan is half of the image, how many whole images do you get from 50 hertz?
Definition
25 fps
Term
30 fps =
Definition
29.97 fps
Term
24 fps =
Definition
23.98 fps
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Progressive Scan
Definition
Displays both interlaced fields simultaneously. Made possible by digital broadcast
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24p
Definition
Film travels at ___ fps.
Term
Motion Blur
Definition
Lower shutter speeds allow for more of this.
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3:2 Pulldown
Definition
Used to convert 24 fps to 30 fps. Allowed movies to be broadcasted on analog television
Term
Waveform Monitor
Definition
Measures video signal- Luminance
Term
Vectorscope
Definition
Measures video signal- Chrominance
Term
Digital Broadcast
Definition
Allowed for more content to be broadcast in less bandwidth.
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Digital Broadcast
Definition
Enable multicast channels
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Digital Broadcast
Definition
Allowed for HDTV over the air
Term
480p/i =
Definition
852 x 480
Term
720 p/i =
Definition
1280 x 720
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1080i =
Definition
1920 x 1080
Term
Digital Compression
Definition
Taking something big and making it smaller. We do this with resolution, temporal data, color depth
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Temporal Data
Definition
Takes time into account for video compression
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Temporal Data
Definition
Only records things that are changing in video frame
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Temporal Redundancy
Definition
Sample reference frames at defined intervals
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Acquisition Formats
Definition
The compression formats that the camera uses
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Transport Format
Definition
The compression format that is compressed less to conserve quality for post production
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Terminal Format
Definition
The compression format that renders for the final product.
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Animation Codecs
Definition
These types of codecs try less to conserve space and work harder at preserving original data making them excellent for compositing before final output.
Term
Intraframe compression
Definition
Every frame is sampled and stored separately as is.
Term
Interframe compression
Definition
Each successive frame is compared with the previous one and only what is different is recorded for successive frames.
Term
Long GOP MPEG-2 Interframe
Definition
Compression of the EX-1
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Long GOP
Definition
Analyzes 15 frames. It can use any of the 15 frames as reference for constructing the other frames making it an extremely efficient compression.
Term
EX-1 Data Transfer Rate
Definition
35mbps
Term
Bits per pixel (bpp)
Definition
When dealing with compression the number of distinct colors that can be represented by a pixel depends on this.
Term
Chroma Subsampling
Definition
The bpp in recording digital video is often reduced by chroma subsampling
Term
Luminance
Definition
The first number in a compression ratio refers to this type of data
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Chrominance
Definition
The second two numbers in a compression ration are what type of data
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