Steadicam jr A small hand-held device to which camcorders can be attached, enabling a person with sufficient practice to move the camera in almost any direction while maintaining a smooth, steady image on the screen. The cassette is the same physical size as regular VHS, and S-VHS VCR s can play both formats. Roughly the same video quality as the Hi-8 format. A synomym for both shoot and shot . Both the process of making a video recording and the resulting footage .
Telephoto lense A lens that provides a narrow field of vision, seeming to enlarge distant objects.
Three-shot A shot that includes three people. Typically, the number indicates the elapsed time in hours, minutes, seconds, and frames from the start of the recording. There are several types of time code. Currently, RC is the most widely used consumer-level time time code . See Video triggers .