Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Swing gang
| Terms: Swf - Szz
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| Category |
| "SWF" | (Start/Work/Finish) Notation on a call sheet that an Actor started, is working and finished on that day. |
| Set/Location Related |
| SWG | Abbreviation For: | British Standard Wire Gauge | |
| Measurements |
| Swing Gang | Set Dressers who dress and strike Sets, as well as pickup and return the dressing. They work apart from the Shooting Crew, as they are always either prepping a Set for shooting or striking it after it′s been shot. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Swing gang | |
| Roles & Responsibilities |
| swish pan | AKA: | blur pan | flash pan | flick pan | whip pan | zip pan | A panning shot in which the intervening scene moves past too quickly to be observed. It psychologically approximates the action of the human eye as it moves from one subject to another. |
| Shots & Coverage |
| switch | A device that can make and/or break electrical connectivity. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Switch | |
| Equipment & Components |
| switch matrix | A series of switches, usually arranged in push button rows and columns, which allow any input module to be connected to any output bus. |
| Equipment & Components |
| switchable pattern mic(rophone) | A microphone which has more than one directional pattern depending upon the position of the pattern switch. |
| Microphone Related |
| switchback | A camera shot that returns to the central action after a cutaway. |
| Shots & Coverage |
| switcher | Device with a series of input selectors that permits one or more selected inputs to be combined, manipulated and sent out on the program line. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Vision mixer | |
| Equipment & Components |
| SXGA | See In: | aspect ratio {Video} - SXGA | |
| Presentation, Video Camera |
| SXRD | Abbreviation For: | digital projector technology - silicon crystal reflective display | |
| Presentation |
| symbol | An object in a film that stands for an idea, or that has a second level of meaning to it (e.g., a window or train=freedom, a rose=beauty, a cross-roads=a decision point, etc.). The more a symbol is repeated, the greater its significance. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Symbol | |
| Film Theory |
| symbolic set | A non-realistic Set intended to suggest an environment or setting, often somewhat abstractly. |
| Set/Location Related |
| symmetrical lighting | Lights placed at more or less equal heights and equal-but-opposite angles and set at equal intensities. Because such lighting violates the principle of dominance, it looks unnatural, confusing or boring. |
| Grip & Electric |
| symmetry | AKA: | mirroring | Within a film when two or more distinct plotlines "mirror" each other or develop variations on the film′s theme or plot. |
| Film Theory |
| sympathetic | Refers to a movie character who evokes compassion or friendly fellow feelings towards him or her. |
| Film Theory |
| symptomatic meaning | See In: | meaning - symptomatic meaning | |
| Film Theory |
| sync | See: | synchronization | |
| Sound |
| sync beep | AKA: | sync tone | In double system shooting with certain cameras, a tone feed into a recorder at the same time that a light in the camera exposes a few frames of film. The fogged section is later aligned with the beep tone to achieve synchronization of the sound to the picture. |
| Equipment & Components |
| sync box | See: | sync conversion unit | |
| Equipment & Components |
| sync buzz | An undesirable noise containing harmonics of 59.94 Hz. Heard on television audio under certain signal and transmission conditions as, for example, when the transmission of electronically-generated characters are of high level or have a resolution greater than the NTSC broadcast capability. |
| Post Picture |
| sync conversion unit | AKA: | sync box | A device which takes several different kinds of sync signals and puts out several kinds of sync signals, allowing a device (like a sequencer) to be driven by a sync signal it doesn′t recognize. |
| Equipment & Components |
| sync gain | See: | sync level | |
| Equipment & Components |
| sync level | AKA: | sync gain | A control on a multi-track tape recorder to adjust the reproduce level when the machine is in sync playback mode (using the record head as a reproduce head for tracks already recorded). |
| Equipment & Components |
| sync mark | See In: | picture & sound sync - sync mark | |
| Post General |
| sync pop | See In: | picture & sound sync - sync pop | |
| Post General |
| sync sound | AKA: | synchronous sound | Sync sound is sound recorded while shooting picture. It must be recorded with high-resolution timecode sources to line up and not drift out of sync. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Sync sound | |
| Sound |
| sync to picture narration | See In: | soundtrack elements - sync to picture narration | |
| Sound |
| sync tone | See: | sync beep | |
| Equipment & Components |
| sync track | #1: A track of a multi-track recorder that is reserved for recording an FSK sync tone or SMPTE timecode. This allows audio tracks to synchronize with virtual tracks recorded with a sequencer. #2: A sync track also can synchronize two audio tape machines or an audio recorder and a video recorder and can be used for console automation. |
| Sound |
| sync word bits | A series of bits in the SMPTE timecode to identify the end of a frame. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Linear timecode | |
| Sound |
synch(ronization) license  |
A synchronization or "synch" right involves the use of a recording of musical work in audio-visual form: for example as part of a motion picture, television program, commercial announcement, music video or other videotape. Often, the music is "synchronized" or recorded in timed relation with the visual images. Synchronization rights are licensed by the music publisher to the producer of the movie or program. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Synchronization rights | Contrast With: | performing rights license | |
| Documents |
| synching dailies | Assembling, for synchronous interlock, the picture and sound workprints of a day′s shooting. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Dailies | |
| Post General |
| synchronization | AKA: | lip sync | sync | The degree to which two things (i.e., sound and picture) are lined up. in-sync: lined up exactly. out-of-sync: not lined up exactly. |
| Post General, Sound |
| synchronize | Align sound and image precisely for editing, projection and printing. |
| Sound |
| synchronized print | See: | composite print | |
| Post Lab |
| synchronizer | A mechanism employing a common rotary shaft that has sprockets which, by engaging perforations in the film, simultaneously pass corresponding lengths of picture and sound films, thus effectively keeping the two (or more) films in synchronism during the editing process. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Film synchronizer | |
| Post General |
| synchronous | A transmission process where the bit rate of the signal is fixed and synchronized to a master clock. |
| Sound |
| synchronous sound | See: | sync sound | |
| Sound |
| syncing | The actual lining up of sound and picture before editing a sync sound film. This also involves cutting excess sound between Takes, and adding filler, so the picture and sound are in sync from beginning to end. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Audio to video synchronization | |
| Post Sound |
| syndication | A package of off network programs sold or bartered to individual television stations in a local market, either strip (daily) or weekly episodic (series). A package of titles may require cash purchase, bartered or sponsored programming. Most packaged syndicated contracts offer exclusivity to a market for a limited number of airings. Contracts are generally designed for one to two full season runs. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Broadcast syndication | |
| Film Theory |
| synecdoche | Use of a part to represent the whole. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Synecdoche | |
| Film Theory |
| synopsis | A summary of the major plot points and characters of a script, generally in a page or two. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Synopsis | Contrast With: | treatment | |
| Documents |
| synthesized music | Music created entirely by electronic means without the use of traditional musical instruments. |
| Post Sound |
| synthesized stereo | An approach to creating a simulated stereo effect from one or more monophonic audio signals. |
| Post Sound |
| synthesizer | An electronic device with associated software used to create sound effects. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – Synthesizer | |
| Post Sound |
| Sysadmin | See: | System Administrator | |
| Roles & Responsibilities |
| System Administrator | AKA: | Sysadmin | This is a person employed to maintain and operate a computer system or network. This role is increasingly important for digital monitors on set, digital intermediate editing and Post Production, digital effects, digital sound and sometimes for full digital production. Reference(s): | Wikipedia – System administrator | |
| Roles & Responsibilities |
| Systeme Electronique Pour color Avec Memorie {Video Standard} |
See In: | video standards - Systeme Electronique Pour color Avec Memorie | |
| Video Camera |
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