Exam 2: Media Production Terminology

SFX means

The recommended area that will produce legible titles on most TV screens

Sound emanating from two isolated sources, intended to simulate pattern of natural human hearing.

Paid advertising announcement in Radio is generally called

The processing a computer undertakes when creating an applied effect, transition or composite.

Signal for the start of action is termed as

Amount of picture detail reproduced by a video system, influenced by a camera's pickup, lens, internal optics, recording medium and playback monitor.

Audience statistical data pertaining to age, sex, race, income, etc.

Recap of preceding music selections

Series of cartoon?like sketches illustrating key visual stages (shots, scenes) of planned production, accompanied by corresponding audio information.

Composition technique that places important subjects or objects on the lines, or at the cross points, in a tic?tac?toe pattern imagined over the viewfinder.

A summary of a station's assets and liabilities

Brassy antique colour effect characteristic of old photographs.

Electronically increasing the power of a signal.

Gradual fade of bed music at conclusion of spot.

Text specifying content of a production or performance, used as a guide

Audio mixer consisting of inputs, outputs, toggles, meters, sliders and/or pots is called

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Playing sound or video in real time as it is downloaded over the internet as opposed to storing it in a local file first.

Preliminary editing of footage in the approximate sequence, length and content of finished program.