| M.O.S. |
"Mit Out Sound" a slang term for silent shooting actually from the German "mit out sprechen" (without talking). |
| Macro |
Lens capable of extreme closeup focusing, useful for intimate views of small subjects. |
| Master |
Original recorded videotape footage; "edited master" implies original copy of tape in its edited form. Duplications constitute generational differences. |
| master fader |
The audio volume control that is located after all the input channel controls and after the submaster controls. |
| Match Frame Edit |
An edit in which the source and record tapes pick up exactly where they left off. Often used to extend or correct a previous edit. Also called a "frame cut." |
| Matched Dissolve |
Dissolve from one image to another that's similar in appearance or shot size. [See dissolve.] |
| matched dissolve |
Dissolve from one image to another that's similar in appearance or shot size. |
| media client |
See A/V client. |
| media player |
A program that plays back audio or video. Examples include Microsoft Windows Media Player, Apple?s QuickTime Player, and RealPlayer. |
| media server |
A server on a home network that is designated to accumulate and disseminate digital media files throughout the network. |
| Medium Shot |
Defines any camera perspective between long shot and closeup, whereby subjects are viewed from medium distance. [See closeup, long shot.] |
| Memory Effect |
Power-loss phenomenon alleged of NiCad -- camcorder batteries, attributed to precisely repetitive partial discharge followed by complete recharge, or long-term overcharge. Considered misnomer for "voltage depression" and "cell imbalance." |
| Metadata |
Metadata is pretty much all the data that cannot be seen or heard. EDLs, timecode, and sync/blanking information is metadata. |
| Mic |
"Mike," short for "microphone." |
| MIDI |
(musical instrument digital interface) System of communication between digital electronic instruments allowing synchronization and distribution of musical information. |
| Miles Per Kilowatt-Hour (MPkWh) |
The fuel efficiency unit of measurement. |
| Mix |
[1:audio] Combining two or more sound sources, with various channels controlled to achieve desired balance of single audio signal output. Executed with audio mixer. [2:video] Combining video signals from two or more sources. |
| Model Release |
Agreement to be signed by anyone appearing in a video work, protecting videomaker from right of privacy lawsuit. Specifies event, date, compensation provisions, and rights being waived. |
| Monitor |
A video display similar to a TV, but having superior visual quality and without a tuner. An audio monitor is a speaker. N.T.S.C. National Television Standards Committee created this first international television system for use in the U.S. and other countries. It produces pictures by creating 525 alternating lines across the TV screen for each frame of video. Since PAL and SECAM, the other two world systems, were developed later, they took advantage of better technology. Insiders joke that NTSC means "Never The Same Color." |
| Monopod |
One-legged camera support. [See tripod.] |
| Montage |
Rapid sequence of video shots assembled to communicate a particular image or mood. Juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated material can conjure new idea or message. |
| Mosaic |
Electronic special effect whereby individual pixels comprising an image are blown up into larger blocks -- a kind of checkerboard effect. [See DVE.] |
| mov |
File extension used with Quicktime, a popular file format for video on a computer developed by Apple |
| MPEG 1 |
Refers to a standard method of compressing audio and video data down to 1/50th of their original size. This standard was developed by the Motion Pictures Experts Group. |
| MPEG-4 |
A recent data compression format that can get better quality out of a given amount of bandwidth. MPEG-4 can compress a feature film onto a CD-ROM disc with VHS quality. |
| multimedia entertainment hub |
See home multimedia media center |
| multimedia node |
A device on a network that performs a specific media function. (See node.) |
| Multiplexer |
Device for mixing television signals to a single video recorder. |
