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Broadcasting Jargons

Broadcasting jargons refer to specialized terminology used in the television broadcasting industry. Some key terms include graphics, title cards, and bumpers which are visual elements; audio, voice overs, and bites which refer to sound elements; and remote, cue, and dead air which describe production aspects. Editing involves selecting and arranging visual and audio elements into a finished broadcast. Other terms like closeups, tilts, zooms and violators describe camera movements and on-screen graphics.

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Broadcasting Jargons

Broadcasting jargons refer to specialized terminology used in the television broadcasting industry. Some key terms include graphics, title cards, and bumpers which are visual elements; audio, voice overs, and bites which refer to sound elements; and remote, cue, and dead air which describe production aspects. Editing involves selecting and arranging visual and audio elements into a finished broadcast. Other terms like closeups, tilts, zooms and violators describe camera movements and on-screen graphics.

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Broadcasting Jargons

1. Graphics - artwork, maps, statistical graphs, tables or any combination thereof


2. Title Card - composed of text and graphics to introduce the title of a show or segment
3. Remote - outside the studio
4. Cue - an alerting mechanism for smooth collaboration in production
5. Dead Air - silence
6. Copy - A piece of paper on which a news story is typed
7. Audio - Sound
8. Bumper - a piece of visual material inserted at the end of one newscast segment to allow for a
smooth transition to another segment
9. Editing - the process of selecting portions of picture and sound recordings including their timing
and sequence and the piecing together of these elements into a finished news story
10. Voice over - narration delivered in conjunction with visuals in which the person delivering the
narration is not seen in the picture
10. Panning - horizontal movement of the camera, left to right
11. Tilt - camera movement in the vertical plane
12. Zoom - describes the action of moving in from a long shot view to closeup view
13. Closeup - a picture showing the object of interest in detail
14. Glitch - refers to on air error
15. gap - commercials
16. lower-thirds - refer to the graphics indicating the name and designation of soundbites
17. override - on air audio monitors used by reporters/anchors specifically during live telecast
18. violator - refers to the graphics (usually of locations) in the upper left or right corner
19. OBB or Opening Billboard- standard first video of every show, usually a short video intro of
the show
20.Ad Lib- spontaneous or unscripted talking
21. CBB or Closing Billboard - end video in every show
22. Crawler - text or words moving across the screen
23. Bed- production element usually instrumental music or sound effect played in the background
24. Dub - re-recording of another tape
25. Lead in - first few lines of a host/broadcaster
26. Headlines - teaser of the top stories in a news show which usually appears right after the OBB
27. Icon - used to describe the graphic that appears above the host's shoulder during an intro in a
newscast
28. Bite- short sound clip
29. Chargen or Character Generator - is the machine that generates the text used in shows
30. Lineup- the list of all the elements - copy, voice overs, reports, commercials in the news
program, from start to finish in order of appearance
31. Natsot or Natural Sound - the ambient sound from video which gives the viewer a stronger
sense of the location or event
32. Television studio - installation in which video productions take place, either for the recording
of live television to video tape.
33. Studio set - composed of tables, furniture, backdrop and artwork
34. Video camera - is a high-end device for creating electronic moving images
35. Teleprompters - display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text
of a speech or script
36. Hand held microphone - any microphone held in the hand and used to pick up human speech 37.
Lapel microphone - is a small electret or dynamic microphone used for television, theatre, and
public speaking applications, in order to allow hands-free operation.
38. Vision mixer - control panel used to select the multiple-camera setup and other various sources
to be recorded or seen on air.
39. Air - to broadcast
40. Airtime - time on TV
41. Story Conference - a daily meeting of vital staff about the content, production and remote
assignments
42. From the top - refers to doing something over from the beginning
43. Wrap - to end
44. Post-mortem - review of a production or project. It is also a critique usually focusing on what
worked, what didn't and lessons learned
45. TV Production - process of developing a television show from its early writing stage through
acquiring talent and a crew, securing a set or location, shooting, editing, and preparing it for
broadcast
46. Still store - device for storage of graphics or other images.
47. Upload - method of sending digital files to a server or through the internet.
48. Director - is the person who sits in the control room and has the main responsibility for getting
the newscast to air.
49. Download - method of receiving digital files from a server or through the internet.
50. Toss - where one on-air person hands the commentary or hosting to someone else
51. Time Code - is electronically generated code marking every frame in video

52. Cutaway - a shot that looks away from the central action being shown and into the periphery or
immediate vicinity of the action
53. DNG - digital news gathering, audio video transmission through internet
54. Boom microphone - a directional mic is mounted on a boom arm and positioned just out of
camera frame. The cable is wrapped once or twice around the boom arm
55. Dry run - is a rehearsal or practice run for a particularly complicated production
56. microwave - a fixed setup also capable of live transmis

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