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 11 of 11: from “time shifting” to “zom-com”.
- time shifting noun The practice of recording a broadcast with the intention of watching or listening to it later at a more convenient time.
- time spent listening noun The amount of time that an average listener that is surveyed spends listening to each radio station at one time, before changing the…
- time stretching noun A type of slow motion editing achieved during post-production by inserting new frames in between frames that have actually been…
- timeshift noun A change from one time period to another.
- title card noun An intertitle.
- title sequence noun The cinematic or televisual device used at the beginning of a film or television program to present its title and key production and cast…
- title track noun An audio track having the same name as the album, EP or film that it is taken from.
- tivo noun A digital video recorder (of any brand).
- to be continued phrase Used at the end of an episode of a serial publication or program to indicate that the story continues in the next episode.
- tone down verb To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.
- tone meeting noun A meeting between the showrunner of a television series and the director to discuss an episode that is to be produced.
- top 40 noun A radio format for popular music, usually including the 40 most popular songs at a given time.
- top and tail verb To set the limits of (an audio tape recording, a digital video file, etc.) by adding physical markers or by trimming unwanted portions.
- top billing noun The most prominent name on lists of cast and crew, or in advertising.
- top-slicing noun A proposed system whereby part of the television licence fee would be used to fund the rollout of superfast broadband.
- topbill verb To star in; to be the leading actor or actress in (a series, etc.).
- topic sentence noun A sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.
- topless radio noun A radio talk show format, popular in the 1970s, focusing on intimate sexual discussion with callers.
- topspin noun An edgy, quirky or otherwise engaging quality that holds the interest of the audience.
- toss noun A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
- toss-up question noun A type of interactive query in a competitive academic quiz bowl or scholastic bowl format, where any participant from a competing team may…
- total story time noun The total amount of time of a story or report, from the beginning by the announcer or newscaster until its end, including any tape or other…
- tracking shot noun A continuously recorded segment containing no edits, in which the camera is moved (often mounted on a dolly rolling on tracks) so as to…
- trackout noun A backward movement of the camera, showing a wider field.
- trad pub noun A work that has been published through a third-party publishing company, or a traditional publisher.
- trade show verb To showcase a film to people involved with its purchasing or distributing.
- traffic noun Of CB radio, formal written messages relayed on behalf of others.
- trail noun A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
- tramline noun A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.
- transcribed adj Prerecorded for later broadcasting.
- transcription noun A recorded radio or television programme.
- transmissible adj Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
- traveller noun A rail or track for a sliding curtain.
- treatment noun A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
- triniscope noun An early color television system using three separate video tubes with colored phosphors producing the primary colors, combining the images…
- triptych noun A film or video sequence intended to be shown on a triple screen with the use of linked projectors.
- trombone verb To extend and retract (the zoom lens); to use it too enthusiastically.
- trucking noun Lateral movement of the camera.
- turnaround noun A contractual provision by which, if the studio elects to abandon a film project, the producer has a limited period in which to sell it…
- turtle noun A low stand for a lamp etc.
- TV timeout noun A time-out taking place during a televised sports match where the game clock is stopped for a period of time to allow for TV commercials to…
- tween verb To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement.
- tweener noun A film that falls between two genres or audiences (and thus may not be easily marketed).
- twintail noun Either of a pair of unbraided tails worn on the sides of the head; an unbraided pigtail.
- two noun Ellipsis of two shot.
- two shot noun A scene shot with the camera positioned to observe two actors.
- two-hander noun A play, film, or television programme with only two main characters.
- two-way adj Permitting communication in two directions, i.e. both transmitting and receiving.
- typecast verb To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
- u adj Abbreviation of universal (“suitable for all ages”), in a film certificate.
- umbrella noun An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.
- uncut adj Of a play, film, etc., not edited or abridged by a censor.
- undercrank verb To shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more slowly than it will advance on playback. This results in speeding up the…
- undercranked adj Of a scene shot while advancing the film in the camera more slowly than it will play on screen. This results in speeding up the action in…
- underhead adj Coming from below.
- underrecord verb Of a work or a performer, to make too few recordings.
- underscan noun The situation where a video image does not fill the entire screen but is surrounded by a border (originally caused by manufacturing…
- unity noun Any of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the…
- upcut verb To cut (audio or video) too short, so that a small portion is lost or overlaps the adjoining item.
- upfront noun A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season.
- v-chip noun Any censorship technology that allows parents to control the level of objectionable content that their children may see on television.
- variety noun Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by…
- variety show noun A type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium)…
- VCC noun Initialism of Video Compact Cassette.
- velociraptor noun Also Deinonychus.
- vestige noun The remaining portion of a partially suppressed sideband.
- videorecord verb To prerecord material on cinematographic film ahead of a television airing.
- visual effects noun The totality of techniques in filmmaking and video production by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of live-action…
- VOC noun Initialism of voiceover credits.
- vocal noun A musical performance involving singing.
- voice verb To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- voice-over verb To supply the voice audio track for (a broadcast).
- voicer noun A spoken report to be broadcast.
- volume noun A green/blue-screen chromakey visual effects (“VFX”) sound stage surrounded by a multitude of filming cameras, to allow for virtual camera…
- vox noun Ellipsis of vox pop.
- walk on noun An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.
- walkaway noun A meal break during which food is not provided, and workers are expected to leave the location to eat.
- wallpaper noun Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.
- wash noun A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- watershed noun The time during the day in which material of a more adult nature (e.g., violence, swear words, or sex) may be broadcast on television or…
- web noun A major broadcasting network.
- western noun A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict…
- westernish adj Characteristic of the western genre of action films.
- wetdown noun The application of water to objects and surfaces on a film set, for example when shooting a rainy scene during dry weather.
- whip pan noun A type of pan shot in which the camera pans so quickly that the picture blurs into indistinct streaks, commonly used as a transition.
- whiparound noun The technique of panning around a number of people on a panel, newsdesk, etc. by way of introduction.
- whitesploitation noun A type of film that portrays white people in a stereotypical manner, intended to appeal to lurid or lowbrow tastes.
- whitewash verb To cast a white actor in a role for a person of colour in (a film, television programme, etc.).
- whorror noun A genre of horror movies, stories, or media that combine frightening material with sex, nudity, or eroticism.
- whydunit noun A type of detective story in which the focus is not on the person who committed the crime, but on the motives for committing it.
- wide shot noun A film or video recording made with the camera positioned to observe the most action in the performance.
- wide-angle adj Of or pertaining to a short focal length lens that has an angle of view greater than about 70°; of or pertaining to an image produced with…
- widescreen adj Filmed in a greater aspect ratio than the 1.33:1 or 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
- wigging noun The practice of male stuntmen performing for actresses.
- wigwag noun A red light near the door of a sound stage that flashes to indicate that cameras are rolling inside the stage and that all people and…
- wilco intj Indicates agreement and compliance.
- wild line noun A line of dialogue recorded outside of the normal recording session, sometimes to replace a line that was delivered poorly.
- wild track noun A soundtrack that is not synchronized with the visuals and may be inserted at any point, such as the background sounds of a city or jungle.
- Wild Western adj Of a film, on the theme or subject of the Wild West.
- wind up noun A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.
- windowing noun The scheduling of the exhibition and distribution of a film, involving for example a period of theatrical showings before release on home…
- wireless cable noun A method of cable television distribution using prior wireless signal reception via a microwave antenna.
- wirework noun The use of wires to suspend actors in otherwise impossible positions.
- woodshed verb To practice or rehearse a script.
- workshop verb To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.
- worldizing noun Sounds adjusted such that they sound as if heard in an acoustic location other than where originally created, generally by playing…
- wrap noun A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
- wraparound noun A segment where material featuring one person (such as a reporter) is introduced and concluded by another person.
- write out verb To remove (a character in a fictional series such as a TV show) by writing the script so as to explain their disappearance (through death…
- writers' room noun The room in which the showrunner and the writers of a television series collaborate on the plot and develop the script.
- Yagi-Uda antenna noun A type of directional antenna with one driven element and one or more parasitic elements; a directional radio or TV antenna consisting of…
- yes and verb To go along with what is offered, especially in a performative context, and to accept and expand upon it; to go with the flow; to take it…
- zom-com noun A movie genre combining elements of zombie horror and comedy.