TV: News and Sports final review

Z-Axis

depth axis

Gaffer

a person, responsible for lighting

Grip

a person, responsible for the set

Producer

writer

Director

the boss of the technical side

Tape operator (playback)

production crew member responsible for the management and playback of video clips in a television program. Playback is often responsible for recording the program as well.

Character generator

a computer located in the control room that generates video text (words) that can be keyed over a picture or used as a video source. The CG function is commonly one capability of a central Graphics Computer.

pan

pivot the camera to left or right

tilt

pivot the camera upward or downward

truck

roll the entire camera left or right

dolly

roll the entire camera toward or away from the set

Pedestal

the mount for the studio television camera/a command cue to raise or lower the camera

PAR

parabolic, aluminum reflector light, a type of lighting instrument with a fixed beam spread.

Scoop

an older type of flood light, shaped like a large mixing bowl

tilt, pan, pedestal

camera locks

omnidirectional, cardioid, hypercardioid, unidirectional, super-cardiod

microphone pickup patterns

rundown

production schedule

fontsheet

list of on-screen graphics

script

detailed shot by shot dialogue and action

TV station

local broadcaster

Network

national programming distributor

Streaming service

online platform

Cable/Satellite channel

non-broadcasting channels

A streaming service that is also a content provider

a streaming service, that produces original content

Nat sound

natural sound of the environment

CCU

camera control unit

CMOS

imaging chip (usually 3)

VO

voiceover

Non-event specific video

no actual footage of the story, using stock footage (older footage in video server)

VO/SOT

voiceover followed by the sound on tape

MOS

man on the street

PKG

package, a story format that features an on camera introduction by the news anchor followed by a pre-recorded video clip.

FX

the dominant video, coming from graphics computer

SAT

the dominant video is coming from the satellite

REM

remote, probably by using bonded cellular unit

MC

master control, where all the commercials are

SLUG

a nickname for the story

Standby video clip A

plyaback, TD (get ready cue)

Full track coming on A

audio A1 (get ready cue)

Roll video clip A

playback (do it cue)

track it

audio (do it cue)

IFB

interrupt feedback or interrupt foldback , an audio feed of the entire program mix