Trade Terms 1

What is this a picture of ?

• A mixer

• A switcher

• A slate

• A dimmer

What is a slate ?

• The identifier placed in front of the camera at the beginning of a take.

• High quality television set used in the television studio and control room.

What is a marker

• an object used for marking

• The filled out slate and clap display to sync the video and audio for editing.

• an object used to indicate a position, place, or route.

What is this a picture of?

• a mic

• a gaffer

• a leko

• a marker

What is a green light?

• The go ahead to move a show out of development into production.

• A panel with rows of buttons that allows the selection and assembly of various video sources through a variety of transition devices, and the creation of electronic special effects.

What is a gaffer?

• The chief electrician in a production unit AKA Lighting Director.

• Speaker that carries the program sound independent of the line-out.

What is this a picture of?

• a gaffer

• a monitor

What is a dimmer?

• A row of buttons that correspond to video sources.

• A thick audio cable that has multiple audio cables inside an outer jacket. This allows sound engineers to set up sound systems close to the set.

• A device that controls the intensity of light by throttling the electric current flowing to the lamp.

What is this a picture of?

• a snake

• a dimmer

• a mixer

What is a Kelvin Scale?

• A temperature scale

• A stepped convex, soft-edged spotlight lens. Lens is a series of stepped concentric circles on the front and pebbled on the back