Zoom in on a subject to change shot size or improve composition.

Shot taken from a high angle to show the subjects from above.

Transmission number. See t-stop.

Take into account the light that is lost passing through a lens.

A device that rests on a table and holds a microphone.

Measuring instrument graduated in frames per second (fps) to indicate the speed of a wild motor in the film camera.

Tag line; the last line of the copy, usually delivered with some emphasis.

The end of a shot or roll.

Leader at the end of a tape or film for protection. It usually carries identification marks.

A sync mark used when a scene beings in action or from an extreme close-up, making it difficult to slate from the beginning. After the director has called “cut,” the slate is clapped, upside down, to give the editor a sync mark.

A slate done at the end of a shot as opposed to at the head.

A photographic record of each repetition of a scene might be photographed more than once in an effort to get a perfect recording of some special action.

Takes up the film after it has been exposed.

The number of attempts at a shot needed to produce at least several usable versions.

Reel or spool onto which magnetic tape or film is wound in a recorder, camera, or projector, fed by the supply reel. See also supply reel.

An actor or performer.

A national radio network, founded in 1992, offering talk programming 24 hours a day across the United States. Talk America also has its own news service. See World Web News Network.

Broadcast program consisting of panel discussions (talk panel), interviews, conversation, lectures, and/or telephone question-and-answer. The program may be live prerecorded. See also interview program and panel/2.

One-way communication system from the control room to the studio. A special intercom system.

Early name for sound films.