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| refers to the creative elements of production such as the writer, producer, director and actors. |
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| A light unit that emphasized one subject. May be key light, a kicker, or a backlight. |
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| the science of the transmission of sound waves |
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| the cutting of film from one shot to another in a way yielding the impression that action is continuous and uninterrupted |
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| Analog to Digital Converter. An electronic device used at the input of digital audio equipment to convert analog electrical signals to digital values whose number represent the level and frequency information contained in the original analog signal. |
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| Automatic Dialogue Replacement. A.K.A "Looping". A process of re-recording dialog in the studio in synchronization with the picture. |
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| an extremely high view of a subject usually taken from a crane or a high stationary camera position, but may also refer to a shot taken from an actual airplane or helicopter. |
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| general, non directional, room light |
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| the total sound in a given are which is peculiar to that space (room tone). |
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| the strength of an electronioc signal as measure by its waveform height |
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| a means of recording audio or video whereby the recorded signal is a physical representation of the waveform of the original signal |
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| this is the size of the field covered by a lens, measured in degrees. Is generally described in terns of the height and with of a lens |
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| filtering of erroneous frequencies that are created during the analog to digital conversion process. |
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| a variable opening inside a lens that regulates the amount of light reaching the image plane. Also known as an iris |
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| a lighting unit that generates illumination from an electrical arc between two carbon electrodes |
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| the proportion width to height (1.33:1. 1.66:1, 1.85:1, or 2.35:1). |
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| the exposure index or speed rating of a film which denotes the film's sensitivity |
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| the work of organizing and joining the shots of a film in the sequence in which they will appear in the finished print |
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| This is normally the person who acts as the liaison between a production company and the various personnel involved in the post production process |
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| sound which is indigenous to the action but not precisely synchronized with the action. |
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| extras who are staged and photographed to portray normal human traffic needed to add detail in various script situations |
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| when wave motion in the atmosphere has a frequency that lies between 20 and 15,000 Hz it produces a sound which is apparent to the average human. |
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| a camera attachment which records the film shot and take numbers and a visible sync mark which corresponds to a tone fed to an audio recorder. |
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