Photography, Videography, and Music Production Fundamentals

Vocabulary flashcards generated from the lecture transcript covering core photography principles, mobile camera modes, digital audio workstation software, and elements of music theory.

ISO

The sensitivity of the camera system in taking pictures in different lighting conditions.

Aperture

Regulates the size of the lens that affects the amount of light entering the camera.

Shutter Speed

Determines the duration of time the camera sensor is exposed while taking pictures.

Exposure

Refers to the amount of light that reaches the camera's sensor or film, determining how bright or dark an image appears.

Lighting

Refers to the illumination of a scene or subject, playing a crucial role in setting the mood, highlighting important elements, and creating visual interest.

Composition

Refers to the arrangement of elements within a frame to create a visually effective image and video.

Portrait Mode

A camera setting designed to make photos look more professional by keeping the main subject in sharp focus while creating a soft, blurry background, known as bokeh.

Night Mode

A feature that automatically uses AI, multi-frame processing, and longer exposure times to capture bright, detailed images in low-light environments without a flash.

Long Exposure

A photographic technique that captures an extended period of time that conventional photography does not.

Time-Lapse

A cinematography technique that accelerates slow-moving processes by taking photos at set intervals and playing them back rapidly, making minutes or hours appear as seconds.

Slow-Motion

A photographic technique where action appears to move slower than it did in reality.

Videography

Refers to the electronic capture of moving images on electronic media, including specific methods of video editing and post-production.

Photography

The process of capturing still images using a camera or mobile phones.

Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

Software used in creating, recording, editing, and arranging music.

BandLab

A Digital Audio Workstation platform for music production that offers a broader range of features compared to others.

Sampling

A technique used in contemporary music and the creative industry where a portion of an existing sound is recorded and reused in a new composition.

Electronic Dance Music (EDM)

A genre characterized by its use of electronic music production techniques, aimed at creating energetic tracks for dancing, featuring repetitive beats, catchy melodies, and dynamic build-ups and drops.

Electronic Music

Music created using synthesizers, drum machines, and computers.

Funky Music

Music characterized by a strong rhythm with a danceable groove that focuses on the bassline.

Rhythm

The element of time in music that makes a listener tap their foot or clap hands when hearing a song.

Body Percussion

The art of using your body to make music through any movement that produces a sound, such as clapping, snapping, patting, or stomping.

Beat Builder

An interactive rhythm game designed to engage students in music class while helping them develop essential rhythmic skills.

Strophic Form

A design in vocal music in which the same music is used for several different verses.

Through-composed Form

A musical structure in which there is no repeat or return of any large-scale musical section.

Binary Form

A two-part musical form in which both main sections are repeated.

Ternary Form

A three-part musical form featuring a return of the initial music after a contrasting section.

Texture

Refers to the number of individual musical lines (melodies) and the relationship these lines have to one another.

Monophonic Texture

A single-note musical texture.

Polyphonic Texture

A musical texture producing many sounds simultaneously with many voices.

Tone Color (Timbre)

The perceived sound quality of a musical note or tone.

Dissonance

A harsh-sounding harmonic combination.

Consonance

A smooth-sounding harmonic combination.

Harmony

The verticalization of pitch, often thought of as the art of combining pitches into chords arranged into chord progressions.

Melody

The linear or horizontal presentation of pitch.

Conjunct Melody

A smooth melody that is easy to sing or play.

Disjunct Melody

A disjointedly ragged or jumpy melody that is difficult to sing or play.

Dynamics

All musical aspects relating to the relative loudness (or quietness) of music.

Duration

An amount of time or how long or short a note, phrase, section, or composition lasts.

Tempo

The rate of speed of the beat that affects the expression of mood in a musical composition.

Andante

Moderately slow tempo, or walking tempo ($66\text{--}75\text{ BPM}$).

Adagio

Slow tempo, at ease ($76\text{--}107\text{ BPM}$).

Moderato

Moderate tempo ($108\text{--}119\text{ BPM}$).

Allegro

Fast, happy tempo ($120\text{--}167\text{ BPM}$).

Presto

Very fast tempo ($168\text{--}208\text{ BPM}$).