Film & Broadcast Glossary
Film & Broadcast is about telling stories – whether fiction or factual. This combines high standards of training in production skills to make programs – dramas and documentaries for radio, television and cinema
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Offline
The videotape editing process whereby the final edit list is compiled, usually in a more inexpensive edit room, in preparation for the on-line edit. (Video)
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One-Light Print
A print made with a single printer light setting for all shots in the film being printed. A common method to produce a ‘daily’ color print. (Laboratory)
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Online
The videotape editing process that creates the final video edit master, including effects, from the offline edit list. (Video)
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Opacity
The ratio of the amount of light falling on a surface to the amount of light which is transmitted. (Lighting)
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Opaque Leader
Any strip of flexible, optically opaque material used to space picture in A/B roll film cutting and editing. (Film Editing)
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Optical Effects
A laboratory or print procedure in which shots are modified by use of an optical printer. These are most commonly seen as fades and dissolves, however, it can include a wide range of special effects procedures. (Laboratory)
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Optical Printer
A printer in which an image of the original is transferred to raw film stock by means of light and a lens system. (Laboratory)
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Optical Sound
A sound track in which the recording uses variation of a photographic image.
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Optical Stereo
A film recording system replayed by scanning the stereo tracks by means of a photo cell lamp.
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Out-Take
A take of a scene which is not used for printing or for the final assembly of a film.
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Outgoing Scene
The first scene of a dissolve or wipe effect which changes into the second, or incoming scene.
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Overlapping and Matching Action
Repeating part of the action in one shot at the beginning of the next shot, or covering the action with two or more cameras, then matching the overlaps on the editing table for the purpose of making a smooth cut on action. (Film Editing)
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Packaging
A combination of several creative elements such as a script, actor/s, and director which is used to attract interest in a production for the purposes of obtaining financing or distribution.
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PAL (Phase Alternating Line)
The European color television standard that specifies a 25Hz frame rate and 625 lines per frame.
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Pan
A horizontal movement of a camera on a fixed axis.
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Parallels
Temporary Scaffolding, used as a platform for the camera, lighting, or other rigging. (Grip/Lighting)
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Pay or Play
A contract provision which commits the production company to compensate a cast or crew member for a project whether or not that project ever goes into production.
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Phantom Power
A method of remotely powering the preamplifier or impedance converter which is buitlt into many microphones by sending a voltage along the audio cable. (Audio)
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Phase
The timing relationship between two signals. (Audio/Electronics)
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Phase Distortion
This is a shifting of output voltage relative to input by an amount which is disproportional to frequency. This will not detectable until it an amplifier. (Acoustics)
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Phase shift
The displacement of a waveform in time. Some electrical components introduce phase shift into a signal. When various frequencies are displaced differently, distortion occurs. Electrical cancellation may occur when two equal signals are out of phase by 1~3()¡. However, this may also be used are a encoding method where the shift is removed on playback […]