| 10-100 or 10-1 | Over the walkie-talkie, indicates a bathroom break. |
| Action | Cast starts their scene. |
| ADR: Additional Dialogue Replacement | The process of Cast re-recording dialogue in a studio to replace or improve audio quality. |
| Apple Box | Wooden boxes or crates of varying sizes with holes on each end used. Mainly used by to crew to prop up items, level camera dolly tracks or elevate a performer. |
| Back to Ones/First Marks/First Positions | Each person and camera goes back to where they started for the take. |
| Background Action | The Background start their action. |
| Beat | An indication of timing (e.g., one Mississippi) or a moment. |
| Block Shooting (episode) | Shooting more than one episode per block/day |
| Block Shooting (set-up) | Using the same set-up for more than one scene before turning around and shooting the other side of the scenes. |
| Blocking | Actors and Director plan the scene, positions and camera set-up positions. |
| Checking the gate | Called by the A.D after the shot is completed. The camera assistant will check the camera gate/casing for debris. If the gate is clear they can move on to the next step. |
| Checking the card/medium/drive | Checking the playback to confirm the image was recorded. |
| Clear the eyeline | Keep the actor’s eyeline/line-of-sight clear of anything distracting. |
| Coverage | All the shots/angles that will be shot in a scene. A master shot, two shots, inserts, etc. |
| Crew has the floor | Cast and director leave the set so the lighting, set, dressing and camera departments can work. Stand-Ins are used. |
| Crossing | A warning or courtesy said by anyone who must cross in front of a camera during set up. It alerts the camera operator. |
| Cut | Stop rolling (camera and/or sound). |
| Dailies | Yesterday’s footage. (Also known as rushes). |
| Day for Night | Shooting a night scene during daylight hours. Can be achieved many ways, different stock, filters or developing procedures. Or, if indoors, by covering all windows and doors. |
| Day Player | An actor who is in for one day only. |
| Dolly | Apparatus (usually hydraulic) that moves with the camera on it. |
| Dolly track | The rails/steel piping that the dolly moves smoothly on. |
| Eyeline | Anything within the sight of an actor. Where the actor will be looking during a scene. |
| E.C.U. | Extreme close–up. |
| Final Touches/Last Look | Make–up, Hair and Wardrobe departments touch-up the actors right before rolling camera. |
| First Team | The Cast. |
| Flashing | A warning or courtesy given when using a flashing camera on set. |
| Holding the Roll | Before the slate. The set is locked, sound may be rolling but there is a short delay that does not require the set to be unlocked. |
| Honeywagon | Big trucks containing washrooms, AD office, and small dressing rooms. |
| Hot Set | Set that is not finished being used. Not to be touched. |
| Lock it up/Picture’s up | Stop what you’re doing and be quiet, camera is about to roll. |
| M.O.S. | Shot without recording sound. |
| Main Unit | Main crew of the film set. |
| Marking | Putting tape down where actors stop in the scene. |
| Master | Wide shot that shows the whole scene. |
| Moving on | Going on to the next shot/set-up. |
| O.S./O.C. | Off-screen/Off-camera. |
| On the move | A phrase used when changing set-ups or moving to a different location. |
| On your marks | Positioning of Cast. |
| P.O.V. | Point of view. |
| Pick-up | Reshooting part of the scene, not starting at the beginning. |
| Rehearsal | Play out the scene without rolling cameras. |
| Rolling/roll sound | Start of the process that leads to recording the scene. |
| Room Tone | The ambient noise of the set, lights, fans, rain, traffic, etc. |
| Safety (Shot) | After you’ve recorded an ideal take, recording an additional take for safety in case the ideal take is later discovered to be unusable. |
| Second Team | Stand-Ins |
| Sides | A portion of a script you will be shooting that day, along with the call sheet. |
| Speed | Sound departments call this out when they are recording |
| Steadicam | Body rig used to stabilize the camera while it is in a virtual hand-held position. |
| Turning around /reverse | Shooting the reverse angle. |
| Two Shot | A medium close-up of two subjects. |
| Video Village | Tent/area where the monitors are set up for the directors, producers, script supervisors. |
| Watch your back | Warning spoken when coming through or around set with an object that could potentially hit someone. |
