Alphabetical index
A–Z
Every canonical sense, listed alphabetically. Ambiguous words remain separate entries.
2,563 meanings
0–9
8 meaningsOpen 0–9 onlyA
191 meaningsOpen A only- A story
- Abby Singer shot
- Above scale
- Above the line
- Absurdist
- Acceptance
- Access
- Access coordinator
- Access documentary
- Access fallback
- Access letter
- Access need
- Access passport
- Access rider
- Access risk
- Access statement
- Accessibility
- Accessible location
- Accessible media player
- Accessible PDF
- Account director
- Accountability
- Accumulation
- Accuracy
- ACES
- ACES Input Transform
- ACES Look Transform
- ACES Output Transform
- Acquisition
- Act
- Act break
- Act-out
- Acting coach
- Action
- Action
- Action beat
- Action line
- Action previs
- Action prop
- Action safe
- Action unit
- Active voice
- Actor
- Actuality
- Actuality sequence
- Ad-lib
- Ad load
- Ad trafficking
- Adaptation
- Adaptation rights
- Addendum
- Additional photography
- Adjudication
- Adjustment
- ADR supervisor
- Advanced Authoring Format
- Adventure
- Adventure format
- Advertiser
- Advertising agency
- Advertising aspect ratio
- Advertising buyout
- Advertising claim
- Advertising copywriter
- Advertising deliverable
- Advertising film
- Advertising localisation
- Advertising post house
- Advertising strategist
- Advertising-supported video on demand
- Advertising transcreation
- Advertising usage
- Aftercare
- Ageing make-up
- Agency
- Agency animatic
- Agency brief
- Agency cut
- Agency markup
- Agency producer
- Agency script
- Agency storyboard
- Aggregator
- AI-assisted previsualisation
- AI-assisted storyboard
- AI compensation
- AI consent
- AI copyrightability
- AI disclosure
- AI face replacement
- AI hallucination
- AI opt-out
- AI output
- AI provenance metadata
- AI vendor terms
- Air master
- Airline rights
- Algorithmic bias
- All-in budget
- All is lost
- All rights
- Allegation
- Allegory
- Alpha channel
- Alternate ending
- Alternate history
- Alternate line
- Alternative text
- Ambience
- Ambient light
- Anamorphic lens
- Anamorphic squeeze
- Ancillary rights
- Animal handler
- Animatic
- Animation
- Animation
- Animation blocking
- Animation clean-up
- Animation compositing
- Animation layout
- Animation polish
- Animation storyboard
- Animatronic
- Anonymous contributor
- Antagonist
- Antagonistic force
- Anthology series
- Antihero
- Aperture
- Appendix
- Apple ProRes
- Arbitration
- Arc shot
- Archetype
- Archival audio
- Archival footage
- Archival still
- Archive
- Archive clearance
- Archive-led documentary
- Archive log
- Archive master
- Archive plan
- Arena
- Armourer
- Art department coordinator
- Art direction
- Art director (advertising)
- Art director (production)
- Artificial intelligence
- Arts documentary
- As-recorded script
- ASC CDL
- Ask
- Ask page
- Assembly cut
- Assignment
- Assistant art director
- Assistant editor
- Assistant producer
- Atmospheric effects
- Attachment
- Attachment status
- Audience engine
- Audience promise
- Audio bed
- Audio bit depth
- Audio clipping
- Audio describer
- Audio description
- Audio dynamic range
- Audio gain
- Audio headroom
- Audio level
- Audio noise reduction
- Audio object
- Audio panning
- Audio stem
- Audition
- Authentic casting
- Authored documentary
- Authors’ rights
- Auto-sync
- Automated dialogue replacement
- Automation bias
- Availability
- Availability check
- Available light
- AVOD
- Award
B
102 meaningsOpen B only- B story
- Back nine
- Back order
- Backdoor pilot
- Backdrop
- Backend participation
- Background performer
- Backgrounds
- Backgrounds editor
- Backlight
- Backlit
- Backlot
- Backstory
- Backup bidder
- Bake-off
- Ballpark estimate
- Barrel distortion
- Based on credit
- Baseline grid
- Batch release
- Beat
- Beat board
- Beat sheet
- Beauty make-up
- Beauty work
- Behaviour
- Behind-the-scenes deliverable
- Behind-the-scenes unit
- Below the line
- Benefit sharing
- Bid assumption
- Bid exclusion
- Bid form
- Bid package
- Bid pool
- Bid Q&A
- Bid specification
- Big idea
- Bin
- Binge release
- Bingeability
- Bio
- Biographical documentary
- Biographical drama
- Biometric data
- Bird’s-eye view
- Bit part
- Black level
- Bleak
- Bleed
- Blendshape
- Block shooting
- Blocking
- Blocking rehearsal
- Blood rig
- Blue-chip natural history
- Blue pages
- Blue screen
- Blue-sky development
- Boardomatic
- Body copy
- Body double
- Body make-up
- Body rig
- Bokeh
- Book light
- Booking
- Boom microphone
- Boom movement
- Boom operator
- Bottle episode
- Bounce light
- Brand
- Brand clearance
- Brand custody
- Brand guide
- Brand manager
- Brand mnemonic
- Break a season
- Break an episode
- Break-even
- Break story
- Breakaway prop
- Breakaway set
- Breakdown pose
- Breakdown sheet
- Bridge finance
- Brief
- Broad performance
- Broadcast act
- Broadcast clearance
- Broadcast rights
- Broadcast safe
- Broadcaster
- Budget top sheet
- Bumper
- Burn-in
- Burned-in text
- Button
- Buy
- Buyer fit
- Buyout
C
316 meaningsOpen C only- C2PA
- C story
- Cadence
- Call sheet
- Call time
- Call to action
- Call to action
- Call to adventure
- Callback
- Callback
- Callout
- Cameo
- Camera approach
- Camera car crane
- Camera crane
- Camera frustum
- Camera movement
- Camera operator
- Camera rehearsal
- Camera roll
- Camera section
- Camera setup
- Camera test
- Camera track
- Camera tracking
- Camera tracking system
- Campaign
- Campaign platform
- Campaign stills
- Campaign strategy
- Cancellation
- Cancellation
- Canon
- Caption
- Caption
- Caption file
- Caption placement
- Caption segmentation
- Cards
- Case bank
- Case file
- Case of the week
- Case-of-the-week series
- Cash-flow financing
- Cast attachment
- Cast availability
- Cast call
- Cast member
- Cast offer
- Cast pool
- Castability
- Casting
- Casting against type
- Casting approach
- Casting assistant
- Casting associate
- Casting breakdown
- Casting brief
- Casting director
- Casting producer
- Casting reading
- Casting section
- Casting session
- Casting shortlist
- Casting slate
- Casting tape
- Casting wish list
- Catalyst
- Catch-up service
- Category exclusivity
- Cel animation
- Censorship edit
- Central question
- CG animation
- CG environment
- CG material
- CG motion blur
- CG rig
- Chain of custody
- Chain of title
- Challenge
- Challenge a hold
- Change list
- Change order
- Channel
- Character
- Character arc
- Character backstory
- Character bible
- Character biography
- Character breakdown
- Character contradiction
- Character design
- Character dynamics
- Character introduction
- Character-led documentary
- Character make-up
- Character need
- Character profile
- Character strength
- Character tape
- Character turnaround
- Character voice
- Character work
- Character wound
- Characterisation
- Characters per second
- Check bid
- Checksum
- Chemistry
- Chemistry call
- Chemistry read
- Chiaroscuro
- Child performer
- Child-performer chaperone
- Child safeguarding plan
- Choreographer
- Choreography
- Choreography approach
- Chromatic aberration
- Chrome ball reference
- Chronology
- Cinéma vérité
- Circle back
- Claim substantiation
- Clean chain of title
- Clean line
- Clean master
- Clean plate
- Clean single
- Clean transcript
- Cleanup
- Clearance report
- Click removal
- Client
- Client brief
- Client cut
- Client producer
- Cliffhanger
- Climax
- Clip show
- Close focus
- Close-up
- Closed captions
- Closed-ended episode
- Closed ending
- Closed set
- Cloth simulation
- Co-director
- Co-executive producer
- Co-lead
- Co-producer (writer-producer credit)
- Co-production
- Coda
- Codec
- Cold open
- Cold query
- Cold read
- Collection account
- Collection account management agreement
- Collective bargaining agreement
- Colour alone
- Colour approach
- Colour balance
- Colour contrast
- Colour correction
- Colour gamut
- Colour grade
- Colour qualifier
- Colour space
- Colour temperature
- Colourist
- Column grid
- Combined continuity and spotting list
- Comedy
- Comedy beat
- Comedy series
- Comic timing
- Coming-of-age
- Command of material
- Commercial
- Commercial break
- Commercial executive producer
- Commercial line producer
- Commercial production company
- Commercial production manager
- Commission
- Commissioned work
- Commissioner
- Commissioning editor
- Committed finance
- Communication objective
- Community consent
- Community consultation
- Community review
- Company move
- Comparable title
- Competition format
- Competitive pitch
- Completion bond
- Completion guarantor
- Compliance
- Compliance producer
- Composer
- Compositing
- Composition playlist
- Compositor
- Compressed time
- Compressor
- Computer-generated imagery
- Concept
- Concept art
- Concept artist
- Concept note
- Conditional access
- Conditional attachment
- Confidant
- Confidential AI input
- Confidential pitch
- Confidential source
- Confidentiality
- Confidentiality mark
- Conflict
- Conflict of interest
- Conform
- Conform editor
- Consider
- Consider rating
- Consolidated feedback
- Constraint
- Constructed reality
- Construction manager
- Consumable prop
- Consumer insight
- Contact microphone
- Contact page
- Contact sheet
- CONT'D
- Contemporary setting
- Content Credentials
- Content provenance
- Content QC
- Contestant
- Contingency
- Continuity
- Continuity bible
- Continuity editing
- Continuity script
- Contributor
- Control measure
- Copyright
- Corroboration
- Cost consultant
- Cost-plus
- Cost-plus fixed fee
- Costume breakdown
- Costume buyer
- Costume camera test
- Costume continuity
- Costume design
- Costume designer
- Costume fitting
- Costume maker
- Costume multiples
- Costume palette
- Costume plot
- Costume silhouette
- Costume standby
- Costume supervisor
- Costume test
- Courtesy bid
- Cover email
- Cover page
- Cover set
- Cover version
- Coverage
- Coverage
- Crane shot
- Crash zoom
- Created by
- Creative agency
- Creative brief
- Creative departure
- Creative director
- Creative recce
- Creative team
- Creator's statement
- Credit
- Credit arbitration
- Crew call
- Crime
- Crisis
- Crop
- Crop factor
- Cross-cutting
- Crossover
- Crowd replication
- Cryptographic signature
- Cultural authority
- Cultural consultant
- Cultural reference adaptation
- Culturalisation
- Cumulative series
- Currency risk
- Current affairs
- Current footage
- Current programming executive
- Custom
- Custom music
- Cut
- Cut-out animation
- Cut review
- CUT TO:
- Cutaway
- Cutdown
- Cutter
D
143 meaningsOpen D only- Dailies
- Daily format
- Daily production report
- Data retention
- Data wrangler
- Dataset
- Dataset card
- Dating format
- Dawn shoot
- Day-and-date release
- Day out of days
- Day player
- Daylight balance
- Daytime television
- DCI-P3
- De-reverberation
- Deadline time zone
- Deadpan
- Deadpan performance
- Deal memo
- Debrief
- Debt finance
- Decision-maker
- Deck walkthrough
- Decorative image
- Deep focus
- Deepfake
- Defamation
- Deinterlace
- Deliverable
- Deliverables list
- Deliverables section
- Delivery acceptance
- Delivery items
- Delivery manifest
- Delivery metadata
- Delivery rejection
- Denouement
- Depth of field
- Depth pass
- Descriptive link text
- Descriptive transcript
- Design palette
- Design system
- Design texture
- Destruction simulation
- Deuteragonist
- Developed by
- Development
- Development executive
- Development producer
- Development room
- Development slate
- Dialect coach
- Dialogue
- Dialogue editor
- Dialogue list
- Dialogue, music and effects stems
- Dialogue stem
- Diegesis
- Diegetic
- Diegetic music
- Diffusion
- Diffusion filter
- Diffusion model
- Digital ageing
- Digital Cinema Package
- Digital de-ageing
- Digital double
- Digital imaging technician
- Digital paint
- Digital replica
- Digital set extension
- Direct cinema
- Directing
- Director
- Director attachment
- Director call
- Director list
- Director of photography
- Director reel
- Director roster
- Director search
- Director shortlist
- Directorial approach
- Directorial intent
- Directorial point of view
- Director’s approach
- Director’s cut
- Director’s cut (advertising)
- Director's note
- Director’s personal note
- Director's rep
- Director’s representative
- Director's statement
- Director's treatment
- Director's treatment for film or television
- Director's vision
- Dirty single
- Disability
- Disclaimer
- Display P3
- Display-referred
- Disputed claim
- Disqualification
- Dissolve
- DISSOLVE TO:
- Distressing
- Distribution
- Distribution expenses
- Distribution fee
- Distribution guarantee
- Distributor
- DNxHR
- Docu-soap
- Documentary
- Documentary proposal
- Documentary subject
- Docuseries
- Dolby Atmos
- Dolly
- Dolly zoom
- Domestic rights
- Dope sheet
- Downmix
- DPX
- Draft
- Drama
- Drama series
- Dramatic irony
- Dramatic question
- Dramedy
- Draughtsperson
- Dresser
- Drone
- Drone shot
- Drop-frame timecode
- Dub QC
- Dubbing
- Dubbing script
- Dutch angle
- Duty of care
- Dynamic range
E
109 meaningsOpen E only- Earnest
- EBU R 128
- EBU STL
- Ecology
- Edit
- Edit approach
- Edit decision list
- Edit house
- Edit producer
- Edit section
- Editable file
- Editable source
- Editorial compliance
- Editorial control
- Editorial independence
- Editorial rhythm
- Editorial standard
- Editorial treatment
- Editorial XML
- Editor’s cut
- Educational rights
- Effects stem
- Eight-sequence structure
- Electronic press kit
- Electronic sell-through
- Elevated
- Elevator pitch
- Eligibility
- Elimination
- Elimination format
- Ellipsis
- Elliptical editing
- Embargo
- Embedded access
- Emergency plan
- Emotional beat
- Emotional continuity
- End-title music
- Endboard
- Ending
- Endnote
- Ensemble
- Ensemble dynamic
- Epilogue
- Episode
- Episode arc
- Episode assignment
- Episode breakdown
- Episode code
- Episode count
- Episode delivery
- Episode director
- Episode engine
- Episode grammar
- Episode guide
- Episode loop
- Episode number
- Episode order
- Episode outline
- Episode rundown
- Episode runtime
- Episode seven test
- Episode springboard
- Episode synopsis
- Episode title
- Episode two test
- Episodic
- Episodic anthology
- Episodic-serial hybrid
- Episodic series
- Episodic storytelling
- Equalisation
- Equity finance
- Errors and omissions insurance
- Escalation
- Escrow
- Essay documentary
- Establishing shot
- Estimate
- Event documentary
- Event series
- Evidence
- Evidence plan
- Exclusive access
- Exclusive licence
- Execution
- Executive producer
- Executive story editor
- Exercise an option
- Expert
- Expert contributor
- Exploitation window
- Export
- Exposition
- Expository documentary
- Exposure
- Exposure index
- Exposure latitude
- Exposure sheet
- Expression of interest
- Expression sheet
- External conflict
- External stakes
- Extractive storytelling
- Extreme close-up
- Extreme wide shot
- Eye light
- Eyebrow
- Eyeline
F
141 meaningsOpen F only- F-stop
- Fabric story
- Face replacement
- Fact-checking
- Faction
- Factual
- Factual entertainment
- Fade in
- FADE IN:
- Fade out
- FADE OUT:
- Fair dealing
- Fair use
- Family story
- Fantasy
- FAST
- Fast motion
- Fatal flaw
- Feature film
- Featured background performer
- Feedback
- Festival rights
- Fidelity
- Field of view
- Field producer
- Field recording
- Fight coordinator
- File format
- File naming convention
- Filename
- Fill light
- Filler episode
- Film emulation
- Film grain
- Film proposal
- Filming permit
- Final
- Final cut
- Final delivery
- Final mix
- Final season
- Final VFX
- Final voice-over
- Finalist
- Finance plan
- Financing fee
- Fine cut
- Fine-tuning
- Finished format
- Fire marshal
- Fire simulation
- Fire stunt
- Firm bid
- First-act turn
- First assistant camera
- First assistant director
- First assistant editor
- First draft
- First hold
- First impression
- First person
- Five-act structure
- Fixed fee
- Fixed format element
- Fixed-rig documentary
- Fixer
- Flag
- Flash frame
- Flash risk
- Flashback
- Flashforward
- Flat arc
- Flaw
- Fluid simulation
- Fluorescent light
- Fly-on-the-wall
- Focal length
- Focus
- Focus breathing
- Focus indicator
- Focus order
- Focus pull
- Fog effect
- Foil
- Fold-down
- Foley
- Foley artist
- Foley mixer
- Foley supervisor
- Folio
- Follow documentary
- Follow shot
- Follow-up
- Follow-up pitch
- Food factual
- Food styling
- Footnote
- Forced narrative subtitle
- Forced perspective
- Foreshadowing
- Form
- Form-led
- Formal pitch
- Format adaptation
- Format arc
- Format beat
- Format bible
- Format deck
- Format franchise
- Format line
- Format mechanic
- Format pilot
- Format point
- Format repeatability
- Format rights
- Format twist
- Forwardable
- Forwardable deck
- Foundation model
- Four-act structure
- Frame-accurate
- Frame-by-frame animation
- Frame line
- Frame rate
- Frame-rate conversion
- Frame story
- Free ad-supported streaming television
- Free-to-air rights
- Free-to-air television
- Free work
- Freelance episode
- Freeze frame
- Frontal framing
- Full animation
- Full bleed
- Full range
- Full shot
- Future episode examples
- Future seasons
- Future seasons overview
- Future tense
G
37 meaningsOpen G only- Game advantage
- Game show
- Gameplay
- Gamma
- Gap finance
- Gatekeeper
- General meeting
- Generative AI
- Genlock
- Genre
- Gesture
- Gimbal
- Go again
- Go wide
- Grade tracking
- Grade turnover
- Grant
- Graphic prop
- Graphics localisation
- Green room
- Green screen
- Greenlight
- Greens department
- Grey ball reference
- Grid
- Grievance
- Gross points
- Grotesque
- Group ADR
- Group clip
- Group shot
- Guest character
- Guide track
- Guide voice-over
- Guild minimum
- Guild or union
- Gutter
H
63 meaningsOpen H only- Hair and make-up
- Hair and make-up approach
- Hair and make-up designer
- Hair simulation
- Hair stylist
- Hairpiece
- Halation
- Half-hour
- Hand double
- Hand prop
- Handheld
- Handles
- Hard award
- Hard cut
- Hard effect
- Hard light
- Hard money
- Hard pass
- Harm assessment
- Hazard
- HDRI capture
- Head of production
- Headline
- Heat
- Heightened
- Heightened performance
- Hero costume
- Hero film
- Hero image
- Hero prop
- Hidden-camera format
- High-angle shot
- High concept
- High dynamic range
- High fall
- High-key lighting
- High-resolution PDF
- High-speed photography
- Highlight roll-off
- Historical drama
- History factual
- HMI
- Hold
- Holdback
- Holding area
- Holiday special
- Home-entertainment rights
- Hook
- Horror
- Host
- Hot set
- Hour-long
- Hue
- Hum removal
- Human authorship
- Human in the loop
- Human review
- Hybrid
- Hybrid documentary
- Hybrid episodic-serial structure
- Hybrid Log-Gamma
- Hybrid series
- Hydrophone
I
55 meaningsOpen I only- Idea
- Idea–expression distinction
- Idiolect
- Image circle
- Image contrast
- Image resolution
- Image sequence
- Immunity
- Impact campaign
- Improvisation
- Impulse response
- IMSC
- In-between
- In-camera VFX
- In-camera visual effects
- Inciting incident
- Inclusive design
- Indemnity
- Ineligible
- Informal pitch
- Information gap
- Informed consent
- Ingest
- Initial order
- Inner conflict
- Inner life
- Insert shot
- Institution
- Intellectual property
- Intended access
- Intent to award
- Intention
- Interactive rights
- Intercutting
- Interest
- Interlaced video
- Internal advocate
- Internal stakes
- International format
- International rights
- Internationalisation
- Interoperable Master Format
- Intertitle
- Interview
- Interviewee
- Intimacy coordinator
- Intimate
- Introductory meeting
- Investigative documentary
- Investigative hypothesis
- Invisible watermark
- Invitation-only pitch
- Irreverent
- ISO
- Issue-led documentary
J
6 meaningsOpen J onlyK
10 meaningsOpen K onlyL
100 meaningsOpen L only- L-cut
- Language metadata
- Language rights
- Large language model
- Late submission
- Lateral move
- Lavalier microphone
- Layout
- Lead character
- Lead director
- Lead performer
- Leading shot
- Leave-behind
- Leave-behind request
- Leave space
- LED fixture
- LED volume
- LED wall
- Legal copy
- Legal drama
- Legal range
- Legal review
- Legal super
- Lens
- Lens character
- Lens distortion
- Lens flare
- Letter of intent
- Letter of interest
- Letterbox
- Library music
- Licence
- LiDAR scan
- Life rights
- Lifestyle factual
- Lift, gamma and gain
- Light wrap
- Lighting
- Lighting approach
- Lighting contrast ratio
- Lighting diffusion
- Lighting gel
- Lighting net
- Likeness rights
- Limited animation
- Limited series
- Limiter
- Line producer
- Line reading
- Linear narrative
- Linear television
- Linguistic quality control
- Lip sync
- Lip-sync dubbing
- Live pitch
- Live pitch deck
- LKFS
- Local adaptation
- Local version
- Locale
- Localisation
- Localisation glossary
- Localisation style guide
- Localisation technical QC
- Location
- Location agreement
- Location approach
- Location brief
- Location dressing
- Location fee
- Location hold
- Location library
- Location manager
- Location release
- Location restoration
- Location scout
- Lock-up
- Locked
- Locked cut
- Locked-off shot
- Locked script
- Log encoding
- Logger
- Logline
- Logo
- Long-form agreement
- Long synopsis
- Long take
- Longlist
- Look-up table
- Lookbook
- Looping
- Lore
- Love interest
- Low-angle shot
- Low-frequency effects channel
- Low-key lighting
- Low-resolution PDF
- LUFS
- Lyrical
M
123 meaningsOpen M only- Macro lens
- Magic hour
- Magic system
- Main-title theme
- Main unit
- Make-up artist
- Make-up continuity
- Makeover format
- Mandate
- Mandatory
- Manipulated media
- Margin
- Mark
- Marker
- Marketing commitment
- Markup
- Martini shot
- Master file
- Master recording
- Master shot
- Master spot
- Master template
- Master-use licence
- Match cut
- Matchmove
- Material culture
- Material Exchange Format
- Material release
- Materiality
- Matte
- Matte painting
- MD5 checksum
- Meal break
- Meal penalty
- Mechanical effect
- Media
- Media agency
- Media container
- Medical drama
- Medium close-up
- Medium long shot
- Medium shot
- Melodrama
- Memorandum of understanding
- Mentor
- Merchandising rights
- Mesh
- Metaphor
- Method statement
- Mezzanine file
- Mezzanine finance
- Microcopy
- Microphone
- Microphone wind protection
- Midpoint
- Milieu
- Mini-episode
- Mini-room
- Miniature
- Minimum guarantee
- Miniseries
- Misdirection
- Misrepresentation
- Mix-minus
- Mix technician
- Mode
- Model card
- Model maker
- Model sheet
- Modular coverage
- Moiré
- Moment before
- Mono
- Monologue
- Monopod
- Monster of the week
- Monster-of-the-week series
- Montage
- Mood
- Mood board
- Mood book
- Mood film
- Mood reel
- Moral rights
- MORE
- MOS
- Motif
- Motion control
- Motion design
- Motivated camera
- Motivated lighting
- Motivation
- Movement coach
- Multi-bid
- Multi-camera sitcom
- Multi-part episode
- Multicam edit
- Multitrack recording
- Music and effects
- Music approach
- Music brief
- Music buyout
- Music caption
- Music clearance
- Music contractor
- Music cue
- Music cue sheet
- Music demo
- Music editor
- Music house
- Music search
- Music section
- Music spotting session
- Music stem
- Music stems
- Music supervisor
- Musical
- Musical composition
- Mutual NDA
- Mystery
- Mystery
- Mythology
- Mythology episode
N
45 meaningsOpen N only- Narration
- Narrative approach
- Narrative engine
- Narrative host
- Narrator
- Natural history
- Natural light
- Naturalistic
- Naturalistic performance
- ND filter
- NDA stage
- Near miss
- Need
- Needle drop
- Negative arc
- Negative fill
- Nemesis
- Nested story
- Net points
- Net profits
- Network
- Network or studio notes
- Network pass
- Neutral-density filter
- Next step
- Next steps
- Night shoot
- Nit
- No award
- Noise reduction
- Non-actor
- Non-diegetic
- Non-diegetic music
- Non-disclosure agreement
- Non-drop-frame timecode
- Non-exclusive licence
- Non-linear narrative
- Non-theatrical rights
- Nonfiction
- Normal lens
- Not-to-exceed
- Note
- Notes call
- Notes grid
- Notes on a treatment
O
65 meaningsOpen O only- Object tracking
- Objection
- Objective
- Objective camera
- Objective point of view
- Objective shot
- Observational
- Observational camera
- Observational documentary
- Obstacle
- Off-screen dialogue
- Offer
- Offline approval
- Offline edit
- Omniscient narration
- On-demand television
- On-set call
- On-set VFX supervisor
- One-line schedule
- One-page synopsis
- One-pager
- One-paragraph synopsis
- One-sentence synopsis
- One-sheet
- One-sheet poster
- One-take
- Ongoing consent
- Ongoing series
- Onion skinning
- Online edit
- Online editor
- Online finish
- Open call
- Open captions
- Open casting
- Open-ended episode
- Open ending
- Open gate
- Open Media Framework
- OpenEXR
- OpenTimelineIO
- Operatic
- Opposition
- Option
- Option extension
- Option fee
- Option period
- Oral pitch
- Orbit shot
- Orchestral mock-up
- Orchestrator
- Original score
- Orphan work
- Outlier episode
- Outline
- Output profile list
- Outreach
- Over-the-shoulder shot
- Overage
- Overexposure
- Overhead
- Overhead shot
- Overlapping dialogue
- Overplay
- Overtime
P
265 meaningsOpen P only- Pace
- Pacing
- Pack shot
- Package files
- Page-one rewrite
- Paid writing step
- Pan
- Pan and scan
- Paper edit
- Paper format
- Paper trail
- Parallax
- Parallel editing
- Parallel narrative
- Parenthetical
- Pari passu
- Park
- Participant
- Participant agency
- Participant care
- Participant release
- Participant welfare
- Participatory documentary
- Particle system
- Pass
- Passion
- Passive voice
- Past tense
- Patina
- Pay television
- Pay-TV rights
- Payoff
- Payroll accountant
- PDF bookmarks
- PDF document title
- PDF export
- Pedestal move
- Pencil test
- Pending finance
- Pension and health contributions
- Perceptual quantizer
- Performance approach
- Performance backstory
- Performance capture
- Performance continuity
- Performance director
- Performance intention
- Performance-led
- Performance objective
- Performance run-through
- Performance section
- Performance tactic
- Performative documentary
- Performer
- Performer guardian
- Period
- Period detail
- Period piece
- Permission
- Personal archive
- Personal protective equipment
- Personal stakes
- Personality rights
- Perspective compression
- Photo double
- Photogrammetry
- Photosensitive-epilepsy test
- Physicality
- Pick up a line
- Pickup
- Pickup rehearsal
- Pickup shot
- Pickups
- Picture aspect ratio
- Picture editor
- Picture lock
- Picture’s up
- Pillarbox
- Pilot
- Pilot director
- Pilot order
- Pilot pickup
- Pilot presentation
- Pilot problem
- Pilot script
- Pilot synopsis
- Pilot-to-series engine
- Pincushion distortion
- Pitch
- Pitch bible
- Pitch call
- Pitch deck
- Pitch fee
- Pitch for employment
- Pitch meeting
- Pitch-off
- Pitch out
- Pitch package
- Pitch rehearsal
- Pitch site
- Pitch timing
- Pitch trailer
- Pitch voice
- Pixel pitch
- Placeholder
- Plant
- Plant microphone
- Plate
- Platform
- Play-along
- Playable direction
- Playback operator
- Plot
- Poetic documentary
- Point of view
- Point-of-view shot
- Points
- Polarizing filter
- Polish
- Political drama
- Popular factual
- Portrait documentary
- Pose sheet
- Positioning
- Post producer
- Post-production
- Post-production supervisor
- Post schedule
- Post turnover
- Post version
- Poster
- Postponement
- Postvisualisation
- Power
- Power window
- PPM deck
- Practical ceiling
- Practical-effects approach
- Practical light
- Practical location
- Practical-plus-VFX
- Practical prop
- Practical set
- Prank format
- Pre-PPM
- Pre-pro
- Pre-production
- Pre-production meeting
- Precision driver
- Predictive AI
- Preflight
- Prelight
- Premiere
- Premiere status
- Premise
- Premium
- Premix
- Prep day
- Prequel rights
- Prequel series
- Presale
- Present tense
- Presenter
- Presenter-led factual
- Prestige
- Previsualisation
- Primary correction
- Primary source
- Prime lens
- Primetime
- Principal performer
- Principal photography
- Printer lights
- Printmaster
- Prints and advertising
- Privacy
- Privacy rights
- Private AI deployment
- Privileged access
- Prize
- Probe lens
- Problem of the week
- Procedural
- Procurement
- Producer
- Producer-director
- Producer pass
- Producer (writer-producer credit)
- Producer’s cut
- Producer’s statement
- Product approach
- Product placement
- Product shot
- Product test
- Production
- Production account
- Production accountant
- Production assistant
- Production bible
- Production bid
- Production breakdown
- Production brief
- Production budget
- Production contingency
- Production coordinator
- Production design
- Production-design approach
- Production designer
- Production effects
- Production ethics
- Production fee
- Production grace
- Production illustrator
- Production manager
- Production music
- Production offset
- Production plan
- Production rebate
- Production rewrite
- Production risk
- Production scale
- Production schedule
- Production secretary
- Production service company
- Production sound
- Production sound mixer
- Production tax incentive
- Profile shot
- Programme loudness
- Programming executive
- Progression
- Progressive scan
- Project files
- Project one-sheet
- Project proposal
- Project status page
- Project summary
- Prologue
- Prompt
- Proof
- Proof of access
- Proof of concept
- Prop
- Prop clearance
- Prop master
- Prop multiple
- Proposed casting
- Proposition
- Prosthetic make-up
- Protagonist
- Proxy media
- Public domain
- Public interest
- Public record
- Public-service broadcaster
- Publishing rights
- Pull-out
- Pull quote
- Purchase order
- Purchase price
- Push-in
- Pushback
- Put pilot
- Pyrotechnics
Q
7 meaningsOpen Q onlyR
133 meaningsOpen R only- Rack focus
- Radio microphone
- Rain effect
- RAMS
- Raster
- RAW
- Re-enactment
- Re-record
- Re-recording mixer
- Reaction
- Reaction shot
- Read the room
- Read-through
- Reader
- Reading order
- Reading version
- Real-people casting
- Real time
- Real-time engine
- Real-time sequence
- Reality television
- Reason to believe
- Reasonable adjustment
- Reboot
- Rec. 2020
- Rec. 709
- Recall
- Recce
- Recommend
- Reconform
- Reconstruction
- Reconstruction label
- Record timecode
- Recorded pitch
- Recoupment
- Recoupment waterfall
- Recurring character
- Red herring
- Redaction
- Redemption arc
- Reduced motion
- Reference board
- Reference deck
- Reference image
- Reference only
- Reference-only notice
- Reference Rendering Transform
- Reference take
- Referral
- Reflexive documentary
- Reframe
- Refusal of the call
- Rehearsal
- Relationship
- Relationship arc
- Relationship web
- Relaxed set
- Release
- Release a hold
- Release window
- Relink
- Remake
- Remake rights
- Remote pitch
- Render
- Render farm
- Render pass
- Renewal
- Repeatability
- Repitch
- Representation and warranty
- Research bible
- Researcher
- Reserved rights
- Reset
- Reset
- Reset series
- Reshoot
- Residual
- Resolution
- Resource
- Rest of world
- Retcon
- Retellability
- Returnability
- Returning format
- Returning series
- Reuse fee
- Reveal
- Revenue corridor
- Reverberation
- Reversal
- Reverse motion
- Review watermark
- Revised draft
- Revision colours
- Revision pass
- Revival
- Rewrite
- Rhythm
- Rig removal
- Rigged animation
- Right of reply
- Rights clearance
- Rights exclusivity
- Rights media
- Rights reversion
- Rights status page
- Rights term
- Rights territory
- Rim light
- Ripomatic
- Risk assessment
- Ritual
- Rival
- Rolling
- Romance
- Romantic comedy
- Room document
- Room pitch
- Room tone
- Room tone (writers' room sense)
- Room version
- Rotoscoping
- Rough cut
- Round
- Round of amends
- Royalty
- Run-through
- Runner
- Running head
- Running order
- Rushes
S
351 meaningsOpen S only- Safe area
- Safe area
- Safeguarding
- Safety incident
- Safety meeting
- Safety officer
- Safety plan
- Safety take
- Sales agent
- Sales estimate
- Sample rate
- Sample scene
- Sample script
- Sanitised version
- Satire
- Saturation
- Scale
- Scene
- Scene button
- Scene heading
- Scene-referred
- Scenic artist
- Schedule
- Schedule board
- Science factual
- Science fiction
- Scope of work
- Scoring
- Scratch track
- Scratch voice-over
- Screen direction
- Screen listening
- Screen replacement
- Screen test
- Screenplay
- Screenplay by
- Scrim
- Script analysis
- Script breakdown
- Script coordinator
- Script draft
- Script supervisor
- Script version
- Scripted improvisation
- Scripted researcher
- Scripted television
- Scriptment
- Season
- Season arc
- Season character arc
- Season order
- Season overview
- Seasonal anthology
- Second-act turn
- Second assistant camera
- Second assistant director
- Second hold
- Second unit
- Second-unit director
- Secondary correction
- Secondary source
- Secret
- Secured access
- Segment
- Selection panel
- Selects
- Selects reel
- Self-tape
- Senior debt
- Sensitivity reader
- Sensor size
- Sentimental
- Separated rights
- Sequel rights
- Sequel series
- Sequence
- Sequence
- Sequence outline
- Serial arc
- Serialization
- Serialized
- Serialized series
- Series
- Series arc
- Series bible
- Series chassis
- Series creator
- Series director
- Series engine
- Series format
- Series launch
- Series order
- Series overview
- Series pickup
- Series producer
- Series promise
- Series proposal
- Series regular
- Series runway
- Session fee
- Set
- Set build
- Set carpenter
- Set decorator
- Set designer
- Set dresser
- Set dressing
- Set extension
- Set medic
- Set piece
- Setting
- Setup
- Shader
- Shallow focus
- Sharpening
- Shine control
- Shoot day
- Shooting board
- Shooting producer
- Shooting schedule
- Shooting script
- Shopping agreement
- Shopping period
- Short film
- Short-form series
- Short synopsis
- Shortlist
- Shot
- Shot-change rule
- Shot list
- Shot matching
- Shot size
- Shotgun microphone
- Shoulder-mounted
- Show LUT
- Showrunner
- Showrunner's assistant
- Shutter angle
- Shutter speed
- Sidecar subtitle
- Sidekick
- Sides
- Sign-language interpretation
- Signal-to-noise ratio
- Signatory company
- Silhouette
- Simulation
- Single
- Single bid
- Single-camera series
- Single-minded proposition
- Single-source bid
- Single-take concept
- Sit-down interview
- Situation comedy
- Situational irony
- Six-act structure
- Sizzle
- Skinning
- Slate
- Slide master
- Slider
- Slot
- Slow motion
- Smash cut
- Smoke effect
- Smoke simulation
- SnorriCam
- Snow effect
- Soap opera
- Social cutdown
- Social experiment format
- Social-first
- Social order
- Societal stakes
- Sodium-vapour light
- Soft award
- Soft focus
- Soft interest
- Soft light
- Soft money
- Soft pass
- Solicited submission
- Soliloquy
- Sonic logo
- Sound approach
- Sound design
- Sound designer
- Sound editor
- Sound effect
- Sound-effect caption
- Sound-effects editor
- Sound house
- Sound library
- Sound section
- Sound turnover
- Sound utility
- Soundalike
- Soundstage
- Soundtrack rights
- Source
- Source file
- Source music
- Source note
- Source notes for a treatment
- Source protection
- Source timecode
- Sources and uses
- Sources page
- Speaker identification
- Spec episode
- Spec script
- Special
- Special effects
- Special-effects make-up
- Special-effects supervisor
- Specialist factual
- Speculative labour
- Speed
- Speed change
- Speed ramp
- Spherical lens
- Spin-off
- Spin-off rights
- Spline pass
- Splinter unit
- Split day
- Split diopter
- Split screen
- Sports story
- Spot effect
- Spotting list
- Spread
- Square version
- Squib
- Staff writer
- Stage business
- Staging
- Stakes
- Stand-in
- Standard dynamic range
- Standards and practices
- Standfirst
- Standing set
- Status
- Status quo
- Steadicam
- Step-free access
- Step outline
- Stereo
- Stereotype
- Stereotyping
- Stills
- Stop
- Stop-motion animation
- Story
- Story approach
- Story area
- Story bank
- Story beat
- Story breaking
- Story by
- Story document
- Story editor
- Story engine
- Story hook
- Story map
- Story-of-the-week
- Story producer
- Story reel
- Story scene breakdown
- Story spine
- Story technology
- Story thread
- Story treatment
- Storyboard
- Storyline
- Storyworld
- Straight-to-series order
- Strand
- Streamer
- Street casting
- Strike
- Strikebreaker
- String-out
- Strip
- Stripboard
- Struck work
- Structured reality
- Studio
- Studio pass
- Stunt coordinator
- Stunt double
- Stunt performer
- Stunt rehearsal
- Stunt rigger
- Style bible
- Style frame
- Subgenre
- Subhead
- Subject
- Subject line
- Subjective camera
- Subjective point of view
- Subjective shot
- Submission
- Submission compliance
- Submission deadline
- Submission release
- Subplot
- SubRip subtitle file
- Subscription video on demand
- Subsidy
- Subtext
- Subtitle
- Subtitle reading speed
- Subtitle spotting
- Subtitle template
- Subtitle time-in
- Subtitle time-out
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Super
- Super
- Supernatural
- Superseded
- Supervising art director
- Supervising producer
- Supervising sound editor
- Supporting character
- Supporting performer
- Surface trait
- Surprise
- Surreal
- Surround sound
- Survival format
- Suspense
- Sweepstakes pitch
- Sweepstakes pitching
- Swing set
- Symbol
- Sync
- Sync pop
- Sync pull
- Synchronisation licence
- Synchronous sound
- Syndication
- Synopsis
- Synthetic media
- Synthetic performance
- Synthetic reference image
- System
T
135 meaningsOpen T only- T-stop
- Table of contents
- Table read
- Tabletop photography
- Taboo
- Tactic
- Tag
- Tag scene
- Tagged PDF
- Tagline
- Tail slate
- Take
- Take out
- Takeaway
- Talent conflict
- Talent format
- Talent option
- Talking head
- Target audience
- Targeted pitch
- Targeted submission
- Task
- Taster tape
- Tax credit
- Team page
- Teaser
- Teaser document
- Tech check
- Technical pilot
- Technical QC
- Technical recce
- Technical visualisation
- Telephoto lens
- Teleplay
- Teleplay by
- Television procedural
- Television reboot
- Television remake
- Temp edit
- Temp graphics
- Temp music
- Temp track
- Temp VFX
- Template
- Temporal compression
- Temporary VFX
- Temporary voice-over
- Tender
- Tension
- Term
- Term sheet
- Terminology database
- Territory
- Territory version
- Testimony
- Text
- Texted master
- Textless elements
- Textless master
- Texture map
- Texture reference
- The board
- Theatrical rights
- Theme
- Theme music
- Third assistant director
- Third person
- Three-act structure
- Three-quarter angle
- Thriller
- Thumbnail
- Tie-break
- Tilt
- Time jump
- Time-lapse
- Time loop
- Timecode
- Timecoded transcript
- Timed Text Markup Language
- Timeline
- Timeline
- Timeline marker
- Title safe
- Title search
- Title treatment
- Tokenism
- Tone
- Toolbox talk
- Top light
- Topic
- Touch-up
- Tracking markers
- Tracking shot
- Tracking solve
- Trademark
- Training data
- Transactional video on demand
- Transcode
- Transcreation
- Transcript
- Transformation
- Transition
- Transition device
- Translation
- Translation memory
- Translight
- Transport captain
- Trauma-informed practice
- Travel coordinator
- Travelogue
- Treat on
- Treatment deadline
- Treatment designer
- Treatment fee
- Treatment request
- Treatment source notes
- Treatment writer
- Trim size
- Triple bid
- Tripod shot
- Tritagonist
- True crime
- True peak
- Tungsten balance
- Turn
- Turnaround
- Turnaround time
- Turning point
- Twist
- Two-parter
- Two-shot
- TX
- Type
- Typecasting
- Typical episode
U
27 meaningsOpen U only- UN-style voice-over
- Unconfirmed finance
- Underage
- Underexposure
- Underlighting
- Underlying material
- Underlying rights
- Underplay
- Underscore
- Uniform
- Union jurisdiction
- Unit base
- Unit manager
- Unit production manager
- Unit publicist
- Unit stills photographer
- Unlock picture
- Unmotivated camera
- Unreal Engine
- Unreliable narrator
- Unscripted television
- Unsolicited submission
- Usage cycle
- Usage renewal
- Usage term
- Usage territory
- Use fee
V
66 meaningsOpen V only- Variable format element
- Variable neutral-density filter
- Vehicle rig
- Vehicle stunt
- Verbal irony
- Verbatim transcript
- Verification
- Version
- Version
- Version control
- Version number
- Versioning
- Vertical series
- Vertical version
- VFX approach
- VFX asset
- VFX bid
- VFX breakdown
- VFX camera report
- VFX coordinator
- VFX editor
- VFX element
- VFX handles
- VFX plate
- VFX producer
- VFX pull list
- VFX reference
- VFX shot
- VFX survey
- VFX turnover
- VFX vendor
- VFX version
- Video assist
- Video field
- Video village
- Viewing LUT
- Vignette
- Vignetting
- Villain
- Virtual art department
- Virtual camera
- Virtual production
- Virtual-production latency
- Virtual scout
- Visceral
- Visible watermark
- Visual development
- Visual effects
- Visual-effects supervisor
- Visual identity system
- Visual motif
- Visual research
- Visual storytelling
- Visual treatment
- Voice casting
- Voice clone
- Voice double
- Voice-over
- Voice-over approach
- Voice-over dialogue
- Voice-over dubbing
- Voice-over pickup
- Voice recording session
- Vox pop
- Vulnerability
- Vulnerable participant
W
61 meaningsOpen W only- Waiver
- Walk-and-talk interview
- Walla
- Want
- War
- Wardrobe
- Wardrobe approach
- Wardrobe fitting
- Warm
- Warm introduction
- Watermark
- Weather day
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- Web Video Text Tracks
- Webisode
- Weekly format
- Weekly release
- Welfare protocol
- Western
- Whip pan
- White balance
- White point
- Why me?
- Why now?
- Why this?
- Wide-angle lens
- Wide shot
- Wig
- Wild line
- Wild track
- Wild wall
- Wind effect
- Windowbox
- Wipe
- Wire removal
- Wire work
- Withdrawal
- Witness
- Witness camera
- Wordmark
- Words per minute
- Work made for hire
- Work sample
- Working file
- Workplace story
- World approach
- World bible
- World rules
- Worldbuilding
- Worm’s-eye view
- Wound make-up
- Wrap
- Wrap fee
- Writers' bible
- Writers' room
- Writers' room assistant
- Writer’s statement
- Writing left behind
- Writing sample
- Writing step
- Written by