This page gathers the 1,113 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Broadcasting”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 1 of 11: from “-con” to “blooper”.
- -con noun Forms terms for abnormal sexual attractions.
- 180-degree rule noun The filmmaking principle that the perspective of the camera should remain on one side of an imaginary line so that subjects maintain their…
- 2.5D adj Of, belonging or relating to 2.5D musicals, a type of modern Japanese musical theater production which adapts stories originally presented…
- 2.5D musical noun A type of modern Japanese musical theater production which adapts stories originally presented in a two-dimensional medium (anime, manga…
- A roll noun The primary footage for non-narrative or interview-based film, usually involving talking heads or footage that directly relates to the…
- aa noun Initialism of average audience.
- above the line adv Who guide and influence the creative direction, process, and voice of a given narrative in a film, such as the screenwriter, producer…
- ac noun Initialism of adult contemporary (a radio format).
- academy leader noun A style of leader (blank introductory portion of film) with numbers marked every foot, counting down from 11 to 3.
- ace noun A member of American Cinema Editors
- ack intj acknowledged
- across the board adj Aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays).
- act noun A division of a theatrical performance.
- acting noun The occupation of an actor.
- actuality noun Live reporting on current affairs.
- ad lib noun An instance of something improvised, especially a line.
- adaptation noun An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
- add noun The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
- adjacency noun The programming directly before or after a commercial.
- affirmative intj Yes; true; correct.
- aftercare noun Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful television show.
- aftershow noun A talk show that discusses another television show that has already aired.
- airchain noun The route that an audio or video signal travels on its way through a radio station or television station.
- aircheck noun A demonstration recording, often intended to show off the talent of an announcer to a prospective employer.
- airspace noun Space (i.e. a few neighboring frequencies) available for broadcasting within a particular frequency band.
- Altmanesque adj Displaying traits typical of a film made by Robert Altman (1925–2006), typically highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective and…
- am noun Initialism of amplitude modulation; radio programming broadcasted in this form.
- amplitude modulation noun A method of sending information by modifying (modulating) the intensity (amplitude) of a carrier wave.
- anchor noun An anchorman or anchorwoman.
- anchorman noun The main host of a television or radio program, particularly one relating to the broadcast of news.
- Andersonian adj Of or pertaining to Lindsay Anderson (1923–1994), British film and theatre director and film critic.
- angertainment noun A type of programming, especially talk shows and talk radio, which is characterized by anger or which provokes anger in its audience.
- angular resolution noun The minimum angular spacing of two objects at which an instrument, such as a radar system or telescope, can distinguish the objects as…
- answer print noun The first graded print of an edited film combining sound and picture, which is created for the client to view and approve; his answer…
- antagonist noun The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
- antifilm noun A film that deliberately avoids or subverts the usual characteristics of films.
- antiplay noun A play (dramatical production) that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the play, such as a coherent plot and resolution.
- arc noun An arclight.
- aston noun A lower third.
- atmosphere noun Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
- audimeter noun Electronic device that, installed in a sample of households, automatically records the television channel and consumption of the family or…
- auteur theory noun The view of film as an art form with an original and personal stylistic vision, especially in contrast to collective authorship in the…
- auteurism noun A theory that considers a work of cinema or television as the work of its director, rather than of the actors or producers
- auteurist adj Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of auteurism.
- authenticator noun A person employed to check the accuracy and realism of a script.
- avail noun An advertising slot or package.
- available light noun Light from sources that are not explicitly supplied by the photographer, such as natural light or pre-existing street lighting.
- B roll noun Supplemental or alternative footage intercut with the main shot, used, for example, to indicate simultaneous action or flashbacks.
- B-reel noun The second piece of film or audio or video tape in a situation (as editing or broadcasting) where multiple inputs are used.
- B-story noun A subplot that appears in a screenplay or script for a movie or television show; a subplot that concerns the side-characters or less…
- back announce noun A brief statement or synopsis identifying a piece of music or story when it completes; outro.
- back of the book noun Less important or less hard-hitting material relegated to the later pages of a print publication or the later stages of a television…
- back porch noun The portion of each scan line between the end (rising edge) of the horizontal sync pulse and the start of active video, used to restore the…
- back projection noun A cinematic technique in which live action is filmed in front of a screen on which the background action or a background scene is projected.
- back time noun The time during a broadcast at which previously rehearsed material should begin, in order to fit the schedule correctly.
- back-door pilot noun A film, miniseries, or episode that serves as a proof of concept for a new full television series, but may be broadcast on its own even if…
- back-timing noun A technique used to calculate the amount of remaining time before an event or task ends, by counting down backwards from the end of the…
- background noun An extra who appears in the background, with no speaking role.
- backhaul noun Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity…
- backing noun A backdrop.
- backshot noun A shot taken from behind the subject.
- backtime verb To time (an item) according to the scheduled time of the item that will follow, cutting or padding it as necessary.
- baka adj Stupid, silly.
- bandspread noun A form of tuning control (especially on old shortwave radios) that spread all the stations of a particular band over the full extent of the…
- banner noun A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
- barker channel noun A television channel consisting of only sales promotion and advertising, usually marketing various features of the service carrying the…
- barn doors noun Four hinged metal slats that come (or are attachable) on the front of cinema lights, used for shaping light and fastening light gels.
- barney noun Synonym of blimp (“soundproof cover for a video camera”).
- barrel noun A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
- base radio noun A wireless communications station installed at a fixed location and used to communicate as part of a two-way radio system or wireless…
- base station noun A radio transceiver permanently or semipermanently installed in a fixed location on land, typically used to communicate with mobile…
- basher noun A kind of small floodlight.
- bearding noun An undesirable video artifact whereby darker parts of a signal bleed across horizontally into the brighter parts.
- beat noun A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- beeper noun A broadcast interview taking place over the telephone (originally having to include a beeping sound to indicate that it was not a live…
- behind the scenes prep_phrase behind the scenery and stage area; backstage; among the actors; during the production or rehearsal
- below the line adv Who do not guide and influence the creative direction, process, and voice of a given narrative in a film, such as the boom operators, hair…
- bible noun Ellipsis of pitch bible.
- bicycle verb To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
- billboard noun An opening or closing portion of a program, often including credits and sponsors' names.
- billing noun The act or situation of including someone or something among those that make up a complete list.
- bipack noun The process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual…
- bird verb To transmit via satellite.
- bit player noun An actor who has a minor role in a production.
- bite noun Ellipsis of sound bite.
- black and burst noun An analogue composite video signal with a black picture, used as a reference signal to synchronise timings.
- black box noun A type of theater characterized by a lack of decoration or complex mechanisms.
- blanking noun The reduction of the brightness of the scanning beam to zero when it needs to be moved without updating the picture.
- blast noun Unwanted noise from a microphone.
- bleach bypass noun A film laboratory technique where the bleach stage during the development of a color film is skipped, resulting in images with increased…
- bleacher noun The tiered seating provided for the audience at a television filming.
- bleed noun A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens.
- blimp noun A soundproof cover for a video camera.
- block verb To reject or not play into one's scene partner during improv.
- block booking noun The sale of multiple films by a film studio to a theater as a unit, without the latter knowing much about them, allowing the studio to…
- block upconverter noun An electronic device that converts a band of frequencies from a lower frequency to a higher frequency, used in satellite uplinks.
- blockbustery adj Having one or more characteristics associated with a blockbuster, such as commercial success, a large budget, or glossy production values
- bloom noun An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
- bloop verb To cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce.
- blooper noun A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident or mistake.