The Screen Actors Guild (SAG)

This was an American labor union that represented over 100,000 film and television principal, and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists to create SAG-AFTRA

The Shoot

Refers to when one or more persons get together with a camera, with or without audio, with or without talent, props, or other resources, to film any subject for a project.

The Wrap

Everyone is done shooting for the day and begins packing up.  The day is not done until Taillights.

Thumbnail

An image that is used to show what the video is about before it has started playing.

Time Code Note

Time code is an embedded, coded signal on film or videotape, generated when the camera rolls. It provides information such as time of recording, frame number, or exposure. Making a time code note is a way to identify a particular place or selection in the footage for future reference.

Timeline

A visual representation of the film in editing software. Video clips, titles, logos, music all appear as colored blocks that are rearranged on the timeline. See ‘Sequence’

Title safe

A border around the screen that ensures titles will not disappear off the screen if the monitor is not set up correctly. Particularly important in the broadcast.

Titles

On-screen text or moving images that help illustrate points in the video. Opening titles may be used in TV.

Transportation (Transpo)

A department that deals specifically with transporting crew and talent.

Turnaround

The time it will take to wrap one shoot and start the other shoot on the next day. The turnaround time includes the time off, the crew has in-between shoot days.