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Actors |
TV talent who perform as someone other than themselves. |
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Animal Handler |
A person who makes sure dogs, cats, horses, and other animals do what they are supposed to for a TV production. |
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Art Director |
A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program; sometimes called a production designer. |
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Assistant Director |
A person who helps a director; the term is most likely to be used in relation to a film director or video field production. |
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Associate Director |
A person who helps a director in studio-based television. |
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Audio Console |
The piece of equipment that is used to gather, mix, select, and amplify sounds and send them on to their next destination. |
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Audio Operator |
A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/or operates the audio console. |
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Backtime |
The process of timing a piece of audio and/or video so that it can be started at a precise time and end at the properly appointed time. |
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Batten |
A lightweight metal or plastic pipe that can be attached to others using joiners and supporting mechanisms to create a grid on which lights can be hung; some battens and grids can be lowered to allow lights to be hung and adjusted at floor level before being raised back up to the ceiling. |
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Blocking |
The process of planning and coordinating all movement and positioning of talent and production equipment before a production begins. |
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Calling Shots |
The process of the director giving commands for other crew members in a production. |
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Camera Control Unit |
The part of a studio camera used to adjust various video settings of the camera. |
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Camera Operator |
The person who frames the shots for a production. |
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Carpenter |
A person who builds sets. |
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Casting |
Deciding who will act various roles in a production. |
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Character Generator Operator |
A person who builds computer generated graphics and operates the equipment that enables them to appear on-air; often called a graphics operator. |
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Choreographer |
A person who designs dance sequences, routines, or numbers. |
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Chroma Key |
A special effect in which a designated color (usually green or blue) is used as a key to determine what picture information is to be cut out of the picture with the foreground image. |
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Composer |
The person who creates the music for a production. |
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Composition |
The arrangement of the pictorial elements inside the frame, using the “rule of thirds,” the “z-axis,” and other principles. |
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Compositor |
The person who joins together various effects so they meld in a credible manner. |
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Continuity |
A quality of consistent and unobtrusive progression from shot to shot in terms of screen direction, lighting, audio, props, graphics, and other production details. |
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Costume Designer |
The person who decides what the clothing that actors wear should look like. |
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Craft Services |
The department that caters or provides food for the entire cast and crew of a production. |
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Cue Cards |
Sheets of cardboard with the script written on them that are held next to the camera lens so that the talent can look at the camera and read the script. |
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Cut |
The most-used shot transition; an instantaneous change from one video source to another. Also called a take. |
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Take |
The most-used shot transition; an instantaneous change from one video source to another. Also called a cut. |
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Dimmer Board |
A lighting control unit, operated on the same principle as a rheostat, that determines the intensity of a light by controlling the amount of electric current flowing to the instrument. |
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Director |
The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field. |
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Editor |
The person who assembles raw footage into a final program. |
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Electrician |
A person in charge of lights and power for a production. |
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Floor Manager |
The director’s key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the studio floor. |
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Framing |
The selection of pictorial elements to appear inside the frame, using such concepts as close-up, medium shot, long shot, and the like. |
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Gaffer |
A person who handles lights and power for a production, sometimes under the supervision of an electrician. |
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Graphics Operator
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A person who creates words, drawings, and some visual effects that are incorporated within a production. |
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Greensperson |
Someone who keeps plants looking alive and fresh on a set. |
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Grip |
A person who carries things such as cables and set pieces. |
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Interruptible Feedback |
An audio setup that allows the talent, wearing a small earpiece, to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone else. |
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Lighting Director |
The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes, if they are needed, during production. |
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Makeup Artist |
The person who applies makeup to performers and actors. |
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Matchmove Artist |
Person who performs various actions, such as walking and sitting down, that are transferred into a computer and then used as the basis for the construction of fantasy characters such as animated space people. |
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Moiré Effect |
A distracting visual “vibration” caused by the interaction of a narrow striped pattern and television scanning lines. |
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Painter |
A person who applies paint to a set either before or after it is assembled. |
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Performers |
Talent who appear as themselves, not acting the part of someone else. |
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Playback Operator |
The person who sets up and starts rollins that are part of a larger TV program. |
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Post-production |
The period of time, after individual program segments have been produced and recorded, when elements of a program are assembled. |
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Preproduction |
The period during which preparation and planning are undertaken for a production. |
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Private Line |
A closed-circuit audio network connecting all production personnel with headsets. |
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Producer |
The creator and originator of a television program, usually in charge of elements such as writing, music clearance, financial considerations, and hiring the director. |
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Production |
The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken. |
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Production Assistant |
A person who undertakes small miscellaneous duties during a production, such as getting people coffee and distributing scripts. |
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Production Designer |
A person in charge of the overall look of a film or video. |
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Prompter Operator |
The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly. |
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Propmaster |
The person who sees that all props are obtained and located in their proper places on the set. |
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Recording Engineer |
A person responsible for recording and playback material during a broadcast. Also called recordist. |
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Recordist |
A person responsible for recording and playback material during a broadcast. Also called recording engineer. |
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Robotic Cameras |
Cameras that are controlled remotely and do not have a camera operator behind them. |
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Set Designer |
The person who determines the environment where the production takes place. |
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Shooting Script |
The script prepared in advance for the day’s production, used by the director to set the desired pace and indicate which images and sounds are needed to achieve his or her purpose. The director marks the shooting script to indicate which cameras will be used for which shots and what instructions will be given to cast and crew. |
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Sound Designer |
A person who decides on the overall effect of all the aural elements of a show, such as sound effects and music. |
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Special Effects |
Complicated actions, such as flames or flying people, executed on a set by qualified personnel. |
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Stage Manager |
The director’s key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the studio floor. |
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Switcher |
A device consisting of selection buttons and control levers that permits the selection and combining of incoming video signals to form the final program picture. |
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Talent |
Performers who appear on camera. |
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Technical Director |
The production person who operates the switcher. |
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Unit Production Manager |
A person who schedules and determines the cost of equipment and facilities. |
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Video Effects |
Complicated actions for a movie or video that are created in a computer. |
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Video Operator |
A person who makes technical adjustments on a camera using a camera control unit located at some distance from the camera. |
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Shader |
A person who makes technical adjustments on a camera using a camera control unit located at some distance from the camera. |
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Visual Effects Supervisor |
A person who oversees the creation of computerized effects. |
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Wrangler |
A person who makes sure dogs, cats, horses, and other animals do what they are supposed to for a TV production. |