| A | B |
|---|
| Actuality | Audio or video recording of interviews or events |
| Bite | Portion of an interview used in a broadcast. |
| Blend | More than one sound is heard at one time |
| Bridge | Brief Transition between parts of a story help to create continuity. |
| Closer | the wrap-up to a story |
| Close up | Shot of the face and neck |
| Cut | Rapid alternation from one sound to another; transition from one sound to another |
| Cut-away | Camera moves to a different scene |
| Cut-in | Camera moves to a different scene |
| Dissolve | As one picture fades, another appears |
| Extreme Close-Up | Face fills the screen |
| Extreme Long Shot | Setting and general area shown |
| Fade in/Fade out | Increasing or decreasing the volume, or causing the picture to form from a blank screen or disappear to a black screen |
| Fading off | Speaker moves away from microphone while speaking |
| Fading on | Speaker moves toward the microphone while speaking |
| Filter Mike | Speaker sounds as if he is in a tunnel or speaking through a device such as a telephone |
| Full shot | Full view of the announcer |
| Lead | The opening of the story meant to catch the viewer or listeners attention Usually 10-12 words in length, they serve the same purpose as a headline in a print story. |
| Medium close-up | Shot of face and upper body. |
| Medium shot | Shot of an individual or small group |
| O/C | on camera; live |
| Off mike | Speaker is away from the microphone |
| On mike | speaker is at the microphone |
| over the shoulder | shot from behind, over the performers shoulder |
| Package | A story videotaped at a scene and put together with the reporter's narration and sound bites |
| Pan | Camera passes across scene |
| Reaction Shot | Camera shows reaction of someone to an event or another person |
| Remote | Broadcast from an event, not at the studio. Live remote is a live broadcast from the field |
| Slug | Word used to identify a news story, placed at the top of a page with the reporter's name and date of broadcast |
| SOT | sound on tape Both picture and narration are taped |
| Sound bites | Portions of a videotaped interview used in a news broadcast |
| SOund effects (SFX) | Types of sound effects to be used with a news story |
| Superimpose | Place one image on top of another for a brief time |
| Split Screen | the screen is divided in half with images in each section |
| Standup | A taped segment of a package made by a reporter on location |
| Track | A portion of a narrated field report which usually written out, then recorded in the newsroom |
| TRT | Total running time. The exact time a tape runs |
| Up and out | Volume increases, then fades out |
| Voice over | Narrators voice is heard as footage is shown |
| Wipe | Erasure of the picture from the screen through a wiping motion, top to bottom, left to right, bottom to top, right to left, or diagonally |
| Zoom in Zoom out | Camera moves in close or away from a person or object |
