Any of the activities performed after a program has been shot. This includes music beds, editing, audio overdubs, titles, and duplication.
What is post-production
100
The material or object(s) that are placed behind the talent in a shot.
What is background
100
The process in which a director makes casting decisions for a program by watching and listening to prospective performers.
What is auditions
100
An instantaneous picture change that occurs on screen.
What is cut
100
The portion of a program you can hear.
What is audio
200
The person who is the director's eyes and ears in the studio.
What is floor manager
200
An error that occurs during editing where a sequence of shots in the finished product contains physically impossible actions or items.
What is error in continuity
200
A computer screen positioned in front of the camera lens that displays dialogue text in large type.
What is teleprompter
200
The process of copying the completed program from the hard drive of the NLE computer for duplication and distribution.
What is export
200
Video editing equipment that is based on digital technology and uses high-capacity computer hard drives to store and process video and audio.
What is non-linear editing system
300
The lighting director's assistant who often does the actual hauling of heavy instruments up and down ladders.
What is gaffer
300
A program rehearsal that includes the talent, technical director, audio engineer, camera operators, and director.
What is dry run
300
The area in which the action of a program typically takes place and where the most important items in a picture are usually positioned.
What is middle ground
300
A television that contains a thin layer of liquid crystal between the pixel layer and the surface of the television screen. The liquid crystal layer controls each color contained in each pixel in the television image.
What is LCD television
300
Footage that contains shots of anything visual mentioned during the interview or that is related to the topic.
What is b-roll
400
The person who keeps all the production equipment functioning at its optimum performance level.
What is maintenance engineer
400
The process in which a director plans exactly how each scene of a program will transition from the scenes that immediately precede it and to the scenes that follow it.
What is shooting for the edit
400
A list of the program's cast members with the corresponding scene numbers in which they appear.
What is cast breakdown by scene
400
A specific number assigned to a frame of the video
What is time code
400
A video effect where one picture slowly disintegrates while another image slowly appears.
What is dissolve
500
Any activity on a program that occurs prior to the time that the cameras begin rolling.
What is pre-production
500
A performance technique; when a performer steps out of character and directly addresses the audience.
What is dramatic aside
500
A performance technique; when talent speaks lines or performs actions that are not in the script or have not been rehearsed.
What is ad-lib
500
The exact location in the footage where an edit should occur.
What is edit point
500
Television news programming that stretches and exaggerates facts by dealing with sensational stories.