| A | B |
|---|
| Standy by on the set | Everyone gets quiet and the floor director repeats the command to the talent, alerting them that tape will roll in 15-30 seconds |
| Stand by to roll tape | Tape operator cues the DVCam tape that will record the show |
| Roll tape | Tape operator rolls tape and when it stabilizes, calls back "tape rolling" |
| Ready to take bars and tone | Tape operator plays the electronic test pattern (ETP or bars) and then fades to black. Eash usually lasts 15 - 60 seconds |
| Stand by camera 2 | camera 2 holds camera steady |
| Camera 2 you're hot | Camera 2 holds steady while his or her camera goes on the air |
| Camera 1 give me a MS of the host | Camera 1 adjusts zoom for a medium shot of host |
| open all mics | audio operator brings all mics up |
| fade in music | audio operator slowly brings in music |
| kill the music | audio operator stops the music immediately |
| Ready CG with opening title | CG operator "snaps on" title |
| Clear host name | CG operator takes host name off display |
| Ask host to speak up | floor director signals to host to speak up by cupping ear with hand |
| Ask host to speed up | floor director rotates arm above head to signal host to talk faster and end the show |
| 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 cue him/her | floor director shows and says the seconds 5, 4, 3 and then just the fingers 2 and with one points to talent to start |
| camera 3 carefully zoom in for chose up; you're hot | camera 3 zooms slowly to get shot because they're on the air |
| lose | remove |
| take | going with |
| ready | get prepared |
| give me more nose room camera 1 | camera 1 adds space in front to speaker in direction they're speaking |
