Broadcast Terms

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Across
  1. 1. Abbreviated: This is what the person who was interviewed said… It’s the sound bite used in the story. This is video footage followed by an interview. The reporter or anchor will be reading their script (voice) over the video. When the reporter or anchor completes their script the sot plays.
  2. 3. Use the wide shot button to get a wider shot of the subject. Opposite of Zoom…
  3. 4. It is often used as an editing trick to avoid jump cuts between or during two separate sound bites.
  4. 6. The camera closes in on the subject. This term indicates the camera itself should move closer to the subject.
  5. 8. Sound Sound on tape that provides background noise. Examples: car starting, crowd cheering, dog barking
  6. 9. Abbreviated: A self-contained story
  7. 10. This is a derogatory term used to describe unreferenced video images or images that do not match the copy of the story.
  8. 16. This is what the person who was interviewed said… It’s the sound bite used in the story. This is video footage followed by an interview. The reporter or anchor will be reading their script (voice) over the video. When the reporter or anchor completes their script the sot plays.
  9. 17. Generally plastic and square, microphones are inserted into mic flags that display the stations logo.
  10. 18. A video segment that takes viewers into and out of the show…(possibly into and out of commercials)
  11. 19. Abbreviated: This is when the anchor reads copy (script) with no video or sots.
  12. 21. The camera retreats from the subject. Opposite of Push-In
  13. 23. This is when the anchor reads copy (script) with no video or sots.
  14. 25. Copy read by the anchor to introduce package.
  15. 27. Show begins with highlights from the upcoming show.
Down
  1. 2. Term used for on-air (on-camera) staff.
  2. 4. Character Graphic; Lower Third-Chyron. This is the text that appears at the bottom of the screen identifying the speaker.
  3. 5. A step necessary to allow cameras to distinguish between colors. Only used on the more advanced cameras… Canon GL-2. If you don’t white balance your video will look blue…
  4. 6. A self-contained story
  5. 7. The complete spoken copy on a show. This includes voice-overs and sound bites.
  6. 11. The reporter or anchor speaks over taped footage;These usually run :30
  7. 12. A quote used from a taped interview. Pretty much the same as a SOT
  8. 13. The reporter speaks to the audience on camera. These are typically used in a pkg. to bridge two points of the story together. It can also be used to end a story.
  9. 14. This is the backdrop for your anchors.
  10. 15. A jump cut moves from one shot of the subject to another of the same subject with an obvious change of time and location. This is a bad edit.
  11. 18. Video footage that does not have audio except for the natural sound. B-roll is used to help illustrate the story.. And to cover edits…
  12. 20. Recording all the events and time codes from raw field tape.
  13. 22. This term is used when you use the tight and wide shot buttons on the camera. The camera is stationary. This is frequently used when a subject begins to say something with an emotional hook.
  14. 24. Abbreviated: The reporter or anchor speaks over taped footage;These usually run :30
  15. 26. Copy read by anchor after package, VO