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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Suicide
A term for a distribution wiring connector with male plugs at both ends, (Grip/Lighting)
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Surround Sound
Sound that is reproduced through speakers above or behind the audience.
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Sweeten/Sweetening
Enhancing the sound of a recording or a particular sound effect with equalization or some other signal processing device.
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Sync Beep (sync tone)
In double system shooting with certain cameras, a tone feed into a magnetic tape recorder at the same time that a light in the camera exposes a few frames of film. The fogged section is later aligned with the beep tone to achieve synchronization of the sound to the picture.
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Synching Dailies
Assembling, for synchronous interlock, the picture and sound workprints of a day’s shooting. (Film Editing)
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T Stop
A true f/stop as opposed to one dereived mathematically. It is the actual light transmission of a lens as measured on an optical bench. (Camera)
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Tail Leader
Leader used at the finish end of a strip of film. (Film Editing)
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Take Down
Reducing the light on an object by means of nets, scrims, dimmers or wasting light. (Grip/Lighting)
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Telecine
A machine that transfers film to a video signal. This also generically refers to the process of film-to-tape transfers.
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Temp Dub
A preliminary mixing of dialogue, music, and sound effects, usually so that a first cut may be viewed with all of these elements incorporated. (Post Production)
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Tenner
A standard studio 10K lighting unit, as opposed to a baby 10 or a Big Eye, which are also 10K lighting units. (Lighting)
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THX
A theatrical film exhibition sound system which maintains a consistent sound standard from theatre to theatre. Generally, this system uses Dolby Stereo Surround as the basis of the exhibition standard, although a number of other systems have also now qualified. (Sound)
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Tie In
A power feed obtained by temporarily clipping on to the main service of a location. This methodology is illegal in many areas. (Lighting)
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Time Base Signal
A signal recorded on the edge of film in a camera to match a signal recorded on a magnetic recording which is used as a fast means of synchronizing film and sound workprints.
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Time Code
Also known as Longitudinal Time Code. A high frequency signal that allows the accurate “locking” of film audio and video equipment.
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Timing
The process of selecting the printing values for color and density of successive scenes in a complete film in order to produce a desired visual effect. (Laboratory)
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Trailer
A short publicty film which advertises a film or forthcoming presentations.
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Traveling Matte
A process shot in which foreground action is superimposed on a separately photographed background by an optical printer. (Laboratory)
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Trims
Portions of a scene left over after the selected section has been used in final cutting.
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Trombone
A tubular, extending device which is generally used for suspending lights from set walls. (Grip/Lighting)
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Turtle
A flat, on the floor mount, for large lights with a junior receiver. (Grip/Lighting)