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  • ACTUALITY – TV – Film
    Sound recorded on location for a radio programme that is not an interview. This sound may be…
  • AD-LIB all media
    Those parts of a radio or TV programme that are not scripted, where the contributors are asked to…
  • AFM – TV – Film - Theatre
    Assistant Floor Manager. In a TV studio the AFM assists the FLOOR MANAGER, has headphones to hear…
  • ADSL
    Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. Refers to a fast Internet connection line. See BROADBAND.
  • AMBIENT SOUND – TV – Film – Radio -  Audio
    The natural background sound that can be picked up by a MICROPHONE in a studio or any location…
  • AMPLIFIER - Audio - Radio
    Equipment for increasing the strength of an electrical signal. In order to hear music or speech from…
  • AM - Audio - Radio
    Amplitude Modulation. Radio/audio. Usually found as a radio transmission system where the amplitude,…
  • ANAMORPHIC – TV – Film
    Literally means a distorted image that when viewed correctly returns to normal. On a TV camera an…
  • ANALOGUE
    A representation in electrical values of something that is a physical quantity. For example a singer…
  • ANCHOR – TV – Film
    The television presenter, generally but not always in the studio, who is the main link person in a…
  • ANIMATION – TV – Film
    Still images that can be combined together to produce the illusion of moving images. Drawings or…
  • ANGLE - Print – TV – Film
    Print. In a news article the angle is the main point featured in the article and the way the article…
  • ARCHIVE all media
    Film, video or sound recordings that are held in an archive or library and can be accessed by a…
  • APERTURE – TV – Film
    Controls the amount of light that enters a camera. The aperture is the opening through which light…
  • ASPECT RATIO – TV – Film
    The ratio of height to width of a television picture or film frame. Standard TV picture aspect ratio…
  • ASSEMBLY ORDER or ASSEMBLY – TV – Film
    A list on paper, usually prepared by the DIRECTOR, of the order in which selected shots and sound…
  • ARTIST’S CONTRACT – TV – Film - Radio
    Contract issued by the broadcaster or production company to employ actors, presenters, musicians or…
  • ASSOCIATE PRODUCER – TV – Film
    Heavily involved with the budget in a drama production in film or on TV. Can be instrumental in the…
  • ASSISTANT PRODUCER – TV – Film
    On factual programmes in TV the assistant producer is often the researcher and the location director…
  • ASSISTANT CAMERAMAN – TV – Film
    Member of the film crew who helps the LIGHTING CAMERAMAN or the camera operator. The job entails…
  • AUDIO
    The name for any sound used in a media context. See DIGITAL SOUND
  • ASTON – TV
    Brand name of an industry standard TEXT and GRAPHICS generator used in a TV studio GALLERY, and POST…
  • ATMOS – TV – film – radio -  audio
    Background, or atmospheric sound that is only just audible on a TV, film (or radio) location. Atmos…
  • AUDIO MIXER – TV – Film – Radio - Audio
    Electronic equipment to MIX and BALANCE sounds signals from various sources. Can be a battery driven…
  • AUTOCUE – TV
    Brand name and generic term for industry standard technical equipment that displays sections of the…
  • AVID – TV – Film
    Trade name for an industry standard computer based video editing system, both ONLINE and OFFLINE.…
  • BACKGROUND – TV – Film - Print
    Short for background information or research, throughout the media. In an article or magazine the…
  • BACK ANNO – Radio
    Colloquial shorthand for Back Announcement. A comment made by the presenter at the end (back) of a…
  • BACKGROUND MUSIC – TV – Film - Radio
    Music that is part of the SOUNDTRACK of a film, TV programme or radio programme to add to the…
  • BACKING TRACK
    Music that provides the instrumental background to the voice of a singer. Typically a pre-recorded…
  • BACK STORY – TV – Film
    They use this word a lot in Hollywood. It relates to a movie script. The back story is that part of…
  • BACK TIMING – Radio
    Refers to the way a programme (or CD/tape/minidisk) is timed by counting down backwards from the end…
  • BACK LIGHT – TV – Film
    Film or TV light placed behind the subject and often mounted high, with the amount of light…
  • BACK PROJECTION – TV – Film
    Formerly used in film to create the look of a location by projecting a moving image of the location…
  • BAFTA – TV – Film
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts. promotes best possible practice and creative standards…
  • BALANCE
    a)With reference to News: means to ensure that both sides of the argument, or political spectrum,…
  • BANNER
    Print. The main headline that runs across the top of a newspaper page.
  • BARB
    Broadcasters Audience Research Board. The main organisation in the UK for producing TV audience…
  • BARN DOORS
    Device with hinged metal flaps, usually four, that can be attached to the front of a TV or Film…
  • BATCH DIGITIZING
    Process of recording video clips (as data) from a video player, or the camcorder, onto the hard…
  • BATTERIES
    Several types are used in media production. Most common are: alkaline batteries –AA and AAA -that…
  • BCU
    Big Close Up. Refers to the size of a person or object in the frame. A BCU of a person typically is…
  • BED – Radio
    Music, typically instrumental, used as a background for a presenter to talk over in a radio…
  • BEST BOY – TV – Film
    The electrician who acts as the assistant to the chief electrician, or GAFFER, on a film set or TV…
  • BLIMP – TV – Film
    A sound proof housing that muffles the sound of a movie or TV camera’s mechanism. Used in quiet…
  • BITC
    See BURNT IN TIME CODE.
  • BLONDE – TV – Film
    Powerful variable beam floodlight. A two kilowatt (2000watt) film light with a moving reflector…
  • BLOCKING – TV – Film – Theatre
    The planning process where the director goes through the moves and positions suggested for the…
  • BLOW UP – Print – TV – Film - Photography
    The enlargement of a frame or section of a frame. Also in cinema means the way a smaller format film…
  • BLUE GEL – TV – Film – Photography
    Lighting: special blue, heat resistant, plastic sheeting that can be bought in a roll. Used to put…
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