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FEATURE FILM
Describes a full-length commercial film i.e. a movie shown in a cinema. Officially has to be over 34… -
FEEDBACK – TV – Print - Radio
a) Name given to the response from the audience to a media product. Can be written, emailed, on the… -
FICTIONAL NAMES – TV – Film - Radio
In fictional drama the scriptwriter invents names for characters. When the script comes into… -
FILM – TV – Film – Photography
a) a movie b) celluloid (as opposed to VIDEO) that is exposed during shooting, and later processed,… -
FILL LIGHT – TV – Film – Photography
Film and TV lighting. The fill light is used in conjunction with a KEY LIGHT to ‘fill in’ the… -
FILM RESEARCHER – TV – Film
Person who looks for filmed material in ARCHIVES, film libraries or other sources. -
FILM STOCK – TV – Film – Photography
35mm or 16mm film that is unexposed to light. This is the term for a roll of film before it is put… -
FINE CUT – TV – Film
The final version of a programme or film after it has been edited. Refers to film originally, in… -
FILTER – TV – Film – Audio - Photography
a) Film and photography. A filter made of glass or GELATINE and placed in front of the lens of a… -
FINAL CUT PRO – TV – Film
Trade name for commercial video editing software by Apple used to edit moving images on a MAC… -
FLAG – TV – Film - Photography
Lighting. Refers to a small metal square with a short pole that looks like a flag and can be… -
FISH POLE – TV – Film - Radio
Sound. Hand held extendable pole that holds a microphone. By holding the fish pole OUT OF SHOT above… -
FIREWIRE – TV - Film
Also known as IEEE 1394. Trade name for a sophisticated cable that allows digital moving images to… -
FLASHBACK – TV – Film
A sequence in a film or TV programme that is outside the agreed fictional time frame of the drama,… -
FLARE – TV – Film
Lighting. Glare of light usually from a reflective surface on a person or on the set that is causing… -
FLASHFORWARD – TV – Film
A sequence in a film or TV programme that is outside the agreed fictional time frame of the drama,… -
FM - Radio
Frequency Modulation. System of broadcasting sound used in VHF radio broadcasts.Works by applying… -
FLOOR PLAN – TV
A diagrammatic map of the TV STUDIO floor superimposed on a grid reference system that shows the… -
FLOOR MANAGER – TV
An important member of the TV STUDIO crew who is responsible for safe and efficient working on the… -
FOCAL LENGTH – TV – Film – Photography
The focal length of a camera LENS refers to the distance from the subject of the scene that is in… -
FOCUS – TV – Film - Photography
An image seen through the lens of a camera that is pinpoint sharp and clear is ‘in focus.’ This… -
FORMAT – TV
a) In broadcast television refers to the style or set up of a programme or an individual story e.g.… -
FOLDBACK – TV – Film – Radio
Sound played through a speaker situated on the TV Studio Floor, or in a radio or sound studio, so… -
FRAME – TV – Film – Photography
a) Film. Single picture from a roll of FILM b) Video. A complete video image. c) Camera. The… -
FREELANCE – TV – Film - Radio – Print - Photography
Self-employed worker of any category in the media industry, who is not on the permanent staff of a… -
FREEZE FRAME – TV – Film
A moving picture that is stopped or ‘frozen’ on one frame in order to hold the action at a… -
F-STOP – TV – Film – Photography
A way of expressing the size of the opening on a camera of the IRIS or APERTURE. The smaller the… -
FREQUENCY – TV – Radio
The number of cycles an electrical signal makes in one second expressed in HERTZ. Often refers to… -
FX – TV – Film - Radio
Shorthand for Sound Effects, also known as SFX. -
FULLY PRAC - (FULLY PRACTICAL)
Refers to PROPS on a Film or TV set that actually work as opposed to being just decoration e.g. a… -
GAFFER – TV – Film
The senior electrician on a film or TV crew. -
GAFFER GRIP – TV – Film – Photography
A device used to hold a film light in an awkward position such as above a doorway. It can be… -
GAFFER TAPE – TV – Film - Radio – Photography
Wide, tough sticky-backed tape with a wide variety of uses; especially used for taping down cables.… -
GALLERY – TV
The control room of a TV STUDIO where the VISION MIXER and the STUDIO DIRECTOR and other production… -
GENERATION – TV
Refers to the copying of video tape. The original or MASTER TAPE is the first generation, and when… -
GEL – TV – Film – Photography
Lighting. Fire proof plastic sheeting in a variety of colours used to cover the lens of a Film light… -
GENERATOR or GENNY – TV – Film - Radio – Photography
Mobile unit with a diesel or petrol motor that generates electricity. Fitted to run very quietly and… -
GLASS SHOT – TV – Film
Shot where the camera looks through a glass plate that has a scene or other effect painted on it.… -
GNAT’S (WHISKER) – TV – Film - Radio – Photography
Colloquial term to describe a very, very small bit, or adjustment to something such as a camera move… -
GOBO – TV – Film – Photography
a) Small piece of metal used to deflect unwanted light from causing a FLARE on a camera lens. See… -
GRAD FILTER –TV – Film – Photography
A light filter used in photography and film that shades from full filter at the top of the frame to… -
GRAPHICS – TV – Film
Generic term used to describe any lettering or other art work created for a media product e.g. the… -
GREEN ROOM – TV – Film - Theatre
In the theatre the green room is where the actors wait to go on stage. In television it is the… -
GRIP
Member of the camera crew who sets up the DOLLY and lays TRACK. -
GUNS (IN PRODUCTION)
Using replica or real guns on a production involves hiring an Armourer and when on location can… -
GROUND ROW - TV – Film
Floor level lighting in a TV studio to illuminate the base of the set or CYCLORAMA. -
GUNMIC – TV – Film - Radio
Also known as a Rifle MIC. Long thin directional mic that is popular with SOUND RECORDISTS because… -
GV – TV – Film – Photography
General View or WIDE SHOT of a landscape, city, or place that has relevance to the film or TV story.… -
HANDBASHER – TV – Film
Hand held battery powered film light (often 800 watts), used to light short sequences or interviews. -
HAND HELD – TV – Film
Camera that is held in the hands and not mounted on a TRIPOD, or is held on the CAMERA OPERATOR’s…
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