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 3 of 11: from “cover” to “enhanced definition”.
- cover verb To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.
- cowcatcher noun An advertisement at the start of a program.
- crab verb To move (a camera) sideways.
- craft service noun The department that provides food to workers, especially between meals.
- crawl noun A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
- credit noun Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
- credit cookie noun A short clip that appears during or after the closing credits of a film or video game, typically either humorous or setting up a possible…
- crisis noun A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
- cross the line verb To film from the opposite side of an imaginary axis on set in order to view the actors from the opposite direction.
- crosscut verb To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.
- crossfade noun A fade in which the picture of one video track is diminished as that of another is brightened.
- cruft noun Meaningless or gratuitous content displayed on computer consoles in visual entertainment productions.
- crush verb To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
- cue card noun A card with writing on it, shown to actors to remind them of their lines.
- cue-to-cue adj Of a rehearsal: moving from one cue to the next, so that lighting etc. can be tested, without rehearsing scenes in their entirety.
- cume verb Earn cumulatively at the box office.
- cunny noun A loli; a child or childlike character, especially when considered sexually attractive.
- cut intj An instruction to cease recording.
- cut in noun A section of film or audio inserted into another sequence.
- cutaway noun A brief shot that temporarily takes the viewer away from the principal action, especially to show a reaction, illustration etc.; an…
- cutline noun In production, a hypothetical line that separates items that will be executed and publicized, versus items that will be cut.
- cutter noun A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- cutting noun The editing of film or other recordings.
- CV noun Initialism of character's voice (“voice actor”).
- daily noun Raw, unedited footage traditionally developed overnight and viewed by the cast and crew the next day.
- dark adj Off the air; not transmitting.
- dawn chorus noun Radio interference sometimes experienced at sunrise.
- day for night noun A cinematographic technique in which a crew films in a high-contrast situation, typically in the early morning or late afternoon, with a…
- daypart noun A part of the day in which a particular type of radio or television program is aired.
- dead air noun An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which nothing is transmitted: a silent period on radio or a silent period with no picture…
- dead cat noun A furry windscreen; a furry cover placed over a microphone to muffle the sound of wind.
- dead roll noun The act of starting playback of a recording without broadcasting it, so that the station can join at a later time as required.
- dead space noun Picture information that is either masked off or cropped out of viewing area, whether at the top or bottom, or to the sides.
- dead spot noun A part of a scene that has insufficient lighting.
- dead wife montage noun A montage that shows a male protagonist's female partner, in a lost idealized, intimate state, sometimes in an idyllic setting.
- deaf aid noun A presenter's earpiece through which they receive instructions from the studio.
- death star noun a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the…
- debris mortar noun A device used to create special effects by forcing pressurized air or gas through a tube to propel material into the scene (dirt, glass…
- deep focus noun The technique of using a large depth of field, so that the foreground, middle ground and background are all in focus.
- deleted scene noun A scene removed from, or replaced by another scene in, the final version of a motion picture or television program episode.
- dialogue noun In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
- dialogue tag noun A sentence part that attributes a piece of written dialogue to its speaker. (e.g. In "Get out of here," he said, "he said" is a dialogue…
- digimatic noun A series of still photographs digitally edited and presented on screen in a sequence.
- digislate noun A clapperboard with a digital display.
- diplex verb To simulcast the same signal on two frequencies.
- dipole noun A dipole antenna.
- dipole antenna noun An antenna with a single, linear element, so energized that the RF current has a node only at each end.
- direct broadcast satellite noun a television satellite that broadcasts directly to the final recipient/viewer, to a home satellite dish.
- direct cinema noun A documentary genre that originated around 1960 in North America, involving lightweight portable filming equipment, hand-held cameras, and…
- direct cut noun A film punctuation in which there is a direct instantaneous transition between one scene and the next.
- director's cut noun A specially edited version of a piece of media, especially a film, that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit of the…
- dirty feed noun A video signal with added graphics or text.
- disc jockey noun A person who conducts a radio program of recorded music combined with talk, news, commercials, weather, etc.
- dissolve noun a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
- distant adj Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).
- distant sequel noun A sequel that continues the story of an earlier work but is set much later in the same fictional timeline, often years, decades, or even…
- ditty bag noun A cameraman's bag containing various small tools.
- docudrama noun A type of drama (a film, play, television show, etc.) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events…
- dodge verb To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that…
- dog noun A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
- dolly noun A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
- dolly zoom noun A camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception, achieved by using the setting of a zoom lens to adjust the field of…
- dope sheet noun A set of detailed instructions which the designer of an animated film provides to the photographers and editors.
- double verb To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- double-dip verb To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.
- double-headed adj Synonym of sepmag (“having separately recorded picture and soundtrack”).
- doublet noun Dipole antenna.
- DP noun Initialism of director of photography.
- dramatic beat noun The smallest division of action in a play, film or other work of drama; The moment at which increasing dramatic tension produces a…
- dramedy noun A genre of film or television that lies somewhere between drama and comedy.
- dress noun Ellipsis of dress rehearsal.
- dresser noun A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).
- drift noun The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- drive time noun The time of the day when most people commute to work, regarded as a popular time to listen to the radio.
- drive-in theatre noun A drive-in cinema; Pedantic form of drive-in.
- drop verb Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- drop in noun A message or advertisement inserted into other material.
- drugsploitation noun A genre of exploitation films which focus on the use of recreational drugs, typically featuring lurid scenes of drug-induced behaviour…
- dry tech noun A technical rehearsal without actors, focusing purely on integrating technical elements like lighting, sound, scenery shifts, and special…
- dual-frequency adj Able to receive and operate on two different radio frequencies.
- dubbed adj Having had the original soundtrack replaced with a synchronized translation.
- dubbing noun The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.
- dump months noun The two periods of the year, often described as January and February and mid-August through September, when new movie releases are either…
- duopoly noun A situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership.
- Dutch angle noun A cinematic tactic achieved by tilting the camera off to the side. The shot is composed with the horizon not parallel with the bottom of…
- DX verb To receive and identify a long-distance broadcast, such as one by a distant AM, FM, or TV broadcast station.
- earn out verb To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book…
- Eberhard effect noun The situation where narrow areas of high and low density cause two Mackie lines to meet, resulting in increased density in a small area.
- ecocinema noun A branch of filmmaking and film criticism dealing with the representation of the environment in film.
- editor noun Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.
- effect noun An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- effective radiated power noun the energy of a radio frequency, determined by multiplying the transmitter power output with the antenna gain.
- eight-ball noun A kind of spherical microphone.
- elimination noun The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition.
- ellipsis noun The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
- emission noun A show; a program.
- end board noun The logo or image that concludes an ident sequence, trailer, or advertisement.
- endcap noun A logo or visual sequence immediately following a programme, identifying the broadcaster or production company.
- english adj Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors on a camera.
- enhanced definition noun A digital television resolution format (typically 480p or 576p) that offers higher picture quality than standard definition but less than…