Video glossary
AI Video and Production Terms, Explained
Plain definitions of video production terms, from product facts and creative direction to captions, capture and revisions.
A shared vocabulary makes the next decision clearer.
These definitions explain how the terms are used in this production library. They help you describe a brief, inspect a film or plan a change. Product terms should always be checked against the current supported workflow; a category name is not a feature specification.
- AI Video Agent
An AI system that carries a video-production task across connected actions such as planning, asset use, editing, review and delivery, guided by a goal and feedback.
Judge a complete task: the first draft, your corrections, a business change and the resulting delivery. Martius connects that work in a reusable desktop project.
Understand an AI Video Agent for business →- Product fact
Business information that the film needs to state accurately: a name, specification, feature, price, condition or availability detail.
Give the statement an approved source and reviewer. A creative treatment should not become a new product claim.
Prepare product information →- Creative direction
The choices that shape how a story is presented: setting, tone, shots, sequence, rhythm, typography and sound.
Describe an observable change, such as showing the product earlier, while keeping factual review separate.
Plan the creative in a brief →- Source asset
The original photograph, recording, document, brand file or other material used to make a film.
Keep its origin, permission, date and purpose available so a reviewer can judge what it shows and whether it can be reused.
Prepare source material →- B-roll
Supporting footage used alongside a main action or explanation, such as a product detail, setting or preparation shot.
Choose a clip that supports the message. Attractive footage cannot verify a claim about a different product.
Watch the coffee film and its sources →- Storyboard
A scene-by-scene plan connecting the picture, spoken or written message and the purpose of each beat.
Use it to find missing evidence and timing problems before a polished edit hides them.
Use a worked storyboard →- Shot
One continuous view or visual unit, such as a product close-up, a wide setting or a software action.
Choose a shot because it shows something the story needs, and give important details enough time to be recognised.
Plan a product launch sequence →- Scene
A meaningful part of the film that may combine shots, text, sound and motion around one action or story beat.
A revision should identify the relevant scene and its related voice or caption content, rather than an isolated word alone.
Map an offer revision →- Aspect ratio
The proportional relationship between a frame’s width and height, commonly expressed as 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1.
A different frame shape may require new composition, text placement and footage choices. It is not established by cropping one export or listing a target ratio.
Review placement and delivery →- Safe area
A practical part of the frame kept clear enough for important text and product details in the intended presentation.
Controls, previews and crops can cover content. Check the actual destination instead of assuming one universal safe area.
Use the publication review →- Captions
Synchronized text representing speech and the non-speech sound information needed to understand a video.
Check terminology, timing and necessary sound cues. An automatic transcript still needs review.
Answer caption planning questions →- Transcript
A text version of the film’s audio. A descriptive transcript also explains visual information needed to understand it.
It gives a reader another way to follow the content; it complements the picture and captions rather than proving full accessibility on its own.
Read a film and its transcript →- Revision
A deliberate change to an existing film or project in response to a creative request or updated information.
State the requested change, the reference version and what needs checking in the result.
Plan an offer update →- Impact review
Identifying which text, voice, captions, footage and scenes depend on information that is about to change.
Martius identifies linked text, voice, captions and scenes for review before a business change. Compare the resulting revision with the approved reference.
Use a revision map →- Approved version
A specific film or project reference reviewed and accepted for a stated purpose, audience or placement.
Keep the approval, source brief and actual delivery together. Approval for one campaign does not make a film current forever.
Record a publication decision →- Desktop capture
Recording what happens in a software environment. Autonomous Agent capture additionally involves an Agent performing the supported actions that are recorded.
Keep the actual operation record distinct from a supplied clip or authored interface animation. Martius captures supported software tasks into the local project.
Check the desktop capture scope →- Export
Producing a delivery file or bundle from a specified video-project revision using chosen output settings and companion materials.
Inspect the real file, audio and companions. Exporting locally is separate from backing up the editable project or publishing remotely.
Choose and review an export →- Provenance
The recorded origin and production method of material: who supplied it, whether it was captured or generated, and how it reached the final film.
It keeps a polished illustration from being mistaken for an actual product interaction, customer result or independently verified claim.
Explore films with production context →- Brand context
Approved product references, brand assets, wording and creative decisions that can be reused in a later video task.
Inspect currency and permission before reuse. An expired offer or retired interface is not a safe starting point just because it was once approved.
Reuse reviewed brand material →- AI avatar presenter
A generated or supplied person used as a speaker within a video, alongside real product footage, screen capture or an explanation.
Choose the authorized source, voice and scene layout, then review the actual performance and synchronization.
Combine a presenter with real product footage →- Picture-in-picture
A layout with a smaller presenter or secondary view inside the main video frame.
Keep the presenter clear of the product, interface controls, prices and captions. Review the composition separately for each frame shape.
Understand presenter layouts →- Project revision
An identifiable version of the editable production work, including the script, scenes, sources and decisions used for that version.
Tie approval and delivery to the actual revision. A later edit needs its own review rather than silently inheriting an earlier approval.
Keep local projects useful →- Project backup
A saved project with the references or included assets needed to restore and continue editing, according to the backup choice.
Test that the restored project opens with its required media. A rendered MP4 is not a backup of the complete editable work.
Back up and restore a local project →- Delivery bundle
The selected video and companion materials for a purpose, such as a cover, captions, transcript or configured learning package.
Every companion should match the delivered revision and variant. Keep unrelated originals and private source folders outside the bundle.
Prepare the delivery →- Publication record
A connection between an approved local delivery, a destination action and the remote identifiers and status confirmed by that destination.
Use it to find affected copies when the product changes. An upload or local completion message is not proof that a post is live.
Review publishing and confirmation →- SCORM
A learning-content interoperability model combining course packaging and communication between content and an LMS.
Select SCORM 1.2 or the appropriate SCORM 2004 edition, define the learning rules and test the configured course in its target LMS.
Package a video lesson for SCORM →- xAPI
A specification for representing learning activity as statements and communicating those records with a learning record store.
Choose the version and event profile. A playback event records an activity; it does not automatically establish a learner’s competence.
Compare learning-delivery routes →- cmi5
An LMS-oriented profile for xAPI that defines course structure, launch, authorization, sessions and reporting.
Quartz references xAPI 1.0.3. Keep it separate from standalone xAPI 2.0 delivery and confirm the target LMS/LRS configuration.
Choose a learning-delivery profile →- LMS
A learning management system used to organize courses, access, enrollment, launching and learner reports.
Confirm the accepted course profile and test from the actual learner interface. An imported ZIP is only the start of validation.
Review a SCORM course in its LMS →- LRS
A learning record store that receives and stores learning-activity records through xAPI.
An LRS endpoint is not an LMS course workflow by itself. Identity, authorization, event meaning and retention need explicit configuration.
Understand xAPI and cmi5 →- Completion and success
Completion records whether the configured content requirement was met; success records the result of an assessment or passing rule.
Define both for the task. Watching a whole video does not automatically mean passing an assessment or being qualified to perform a procedure.
Define learning rules for a video course →
Sources and scope
Original planning material by the Martius team, reviewed . Use these resources to prepare source materials, direct an Agent task, review a revision and deliver an approved film. Product operation and delivery settings are documented in the linked Martius guides.
- W3C: planning accessible audio and video ↗ — Planning, captions, transcripts, meaningful visual information and player needs.
- W3C: captions and subtitles ↗ — Speech, necessary sound information, synchronized captions and review of automatic text.
- Pexels license ↗ — Conditions for photographs and footage sourced from Pexels.
- Mixkit licenses ↗ — Check the asset’s category and actual license rather than assuming all footage has the same conditions.
- ADL: SCORM data-model profile ↗ — SCORM learning state and the distinction between completion and success.
- ADL: xAPI specification ↗ — Learning-event data, communication and specification-version references.
- cmi5 project and Quartz specification ↗ — LMS course structure, launch and session context for xAPI.