TVP A-Z

Autocue - device for projecting text onto front of camera, usually lines for the talent
Amp, amplifier - device for increasing levels, usually audio, sometimes through powering speakers. Amp can also be an adjective
Barco - specialised screen for displaying multiple video feeds
Barndoors - shutters on studio lights for limiting output
Beer - alcoholic beverage made from fermented yeast and served cold. In TV Production at CSU these serve as a kind of demerit point
Camera, cam - device for recording visuals
Check - process of ensuring equipment is working
Clip - short segment of audio or video
Clipped - occurs when levels are above their threshold, can mean distortion
Colour bars - information showing bars of colour used to calibrate or establish recording level
Crane - a camera movement, usually lowering or raising, that can be done with a crane or similar support
Cue - prepare, as in 'Cue talent' to tell an actor to prepare for their take
Cut - stop, usually filming
Dimmer - adjustable switch for lights
Dolly - wheels, or some variation, providing mobility for a camera tripod, pedestal or other support
Dry run - rehearsal
Dub - copy
Exposure - the level of light recorded through the lens
Fade in/out - lowering/raising levels of sound or vision, usually from/to silence or black
Focus - verb for resolution, either allowing light or mental faculties to process an object
Foldback - speakers providing sound to talent
Gel - coloured transparent material for colouring light source
Grid, lighting grid - literally a grid configurations for hanging and powering studio lights
Iris - the camera shutters for controlling exposure and sometimes focal length
Levels - depending on context this can refer to volume of sound or exposure of cameras, amongst others
Locked off - usually a camera that has been set to an unchanging perspective or shot
Mic, microphone - device for recording audio
On air - broadcast, transmitted and sometimes recorded
Pan - a camera movement literally panning or turning from one side to the other
Patch - connection between components, such as an audio patch would be a lead conveying the audio signal between two devices such as a mic and a camera
Pedestal - heavy, gas-filled camera support
Print - record
Reflector - a reflective material used to redirect light
Roll - start playing pre-recorded audio or video
Servo - motorised remote switching mechanism
Shot - the perspective of a camera on the object being filmed, examples include wide shot (broad perspective); medium close up (navel to top of actor's head), close up (actor's face); extreme close up (actor's eye or other feature)
Sound mixer, mixer, mixing desk, desk - device for mixing/editing multiple audio streams in and out, possibly incorporating effects such as compression or reverb
Standby - await further instruction
Stinger - short clip used between segments in television show, usually to reinforce brand
Strike - pack away studio equipment
Stripe - colour bars
Studio pedestal, ped - device that serves as an indoor dolly
Take - a recording, or the process of recording, a scene or possibly even a single shot or line
Talent - usually the person appearing in front of the camera
Tighten - a camera direction for tighter framing
Tone - an audio signal used to calibrate or establish recording level
Track - a camera movement that can literally require tracks but can also use a dolly, ped or be handheld
Tripod - lightweight three-legged camera support
Vision mixer - device for mixing/editing multiple video streams, usually live, possibly incorporating effects such as dissolve or wipe
White balance - process of establishing the correct colour temperature for the camera
Wrap - as in 'That's a wrap' to indicate it is finished
Zoom - a camera lens that shifts focal length, into or out of a frame, allowing changes in lens type