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DAB – Radio
Digital Audio Broadcasting. Pioneered by BBC Radio, DAB started in 1995 as a system of transmitting… -
DEADLINE – TV – Film – Radio - Print
Time and date at which anything to do with media dissemination, such as a print article, piece for… -
DAT – TV – Film – Radio
Digital Audio Tape. Extremely high quality non-compressed digital sound recording system. Sound is… -
DEPTH OF FIELD – TV – Film - Photography
Relates to still and moving image photography and video camerawork. The area in the frame, both in… -
DESIGNER – TV – Film
erson responsible for designing, and supervising the building of, the set for a TV studio show. Also… -
DIALOGUE – TV – Film – Radio
The spoken words from a drama script; although it means verbal interaction between two people,… -
DIGITAL EDITING – TV – Film – Radio
Digital editing is now universal in TV and radio as the preferred form of non linear editing.… -
DIGITISE – TV – Film – Radio
To convert an analogue signal into a binary or digital form as a series of electronic impulses that… -
DIRECTOR – TV – Film – Theatre
a) TELEVISION DIRECTOR in factual television is responsible for the overall look of a TV programme,… -
DIGITAL SIGNAL – TV – Film – Radio
Data –could be text, sound, or video pictures- that is represented in digital or binary form as a… -
DISSOLVE – TV – Film
The gradual merging and replacing of one image, or shot with another. Created in EDITING. See… -
DIGITAL BETACAM (DIGIBETA) – TV – Film
Sony digital camcorder providing very high, broadcast quality, pictures and sound and storing the… -
DISTORTION – TV – Film – Radio
Refers to the way an audio and video signal can change in a way that distorts it. E.g. where an… -
DOCUDRAMA – TV – Film – Radio
A programme that mixes DRAMA and DOCUMENTARY by taking authenticated real life topical or historical… -
DOCUMENTARY – TV – Film - Radio
Any factual programme that examines, or documents, events, people and situations in the real world… -
DOLLY – TV – Film
Camera mounting with wheels. A film camera dolly runs on tracks to form a moveable camera mounting… -
DOORSTEPPING – TV – Film – Radio – Journalism
Waiting all day and all night if necessary on or near the place (doorstep) where a politician or… -
DROPOUT – TV – Film – Radio
An audible or visible ‘hole’ in the tape of a recorded video or sound interview. On sound there… -
DRY RUN – TV – Film – Radio
Complete run through of a TV or radio show before transmission to check that everything goes well,… -
DRY–HIRE – TV – Film – Radio
The hiring of audio and TV facilities and kit without the use of a professional operator e.g. the… -
DUBBING – TV – Film
The process of mixing all the different elements of sound in a TV programme or film, comes for a… -
DUB – TV – Film - Radio
a) Literally means to copy. b) In programme production means to blend speech, music, ACTUALITY,… -
DUBBING THEATRE – TV – Film
(right: BBC Scotland Dubbing suite) The location where a SOUND DUB takes place, has a sophisticated… -
DURATION –TV – Film – Radio
The exact length in minutes and seconds of a TV, radio programme, or film often written as DUR: -
DVE –TV – Film
Digital Visual Effects. Usually refers to a digital image switcher located in a TV GALLERY or EDIT… -
DV TAPE
Digital Video. Digital video recording format family that covers MINI-DV, DVCAM, DVC, DVCpro.… -
DVD – TV – Film
Digital Versatile Disc. Video playback and recording format. A 12cm disc that can playback (or…
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