Glossary

A2: Audio Assistant.

AP: Associate Producer.

Affiliate: (see Network Affiliate)

Air Check: a master recording of a television show.

Anchors (see Talent)

Aside: a command cue that temporarily suspends a segment from the rundown.

Aspect Ratio: the ratio of width to height of the video image. SDTV is 4:3.Wide-screen video is 16:9.

Assistant Director (AD) or Production Assistant (PA): production crew member responsible for timing a television program.

Atmosphere (see Natural Sound): UK.

Audio Operator: production crew member responsible for operating the audio board.

Audio Board: controls the selection, flow, modification, and mix of audio sources. An audio selection device. The final output is Audio Program.

Audio Console (see Audio Board) ...

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