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Wild Line

A line of dialoge, recorded either on set or at a looping stage, without any picture running.

Sight Line

An imaginary line that is drawn between a subject and the object that he/she is looking at.

Prescoring

Recording of music or other sound prior to the shooting of the picture which is to accompany it. The most common usage is in animated film.

Feed Lines

Lines of dialogue which are read outside camera range for the benefit of an ‘on camera’ or ‘on microphone’ actor or voice over artist.

This is a term with a broad range of meanings, depending upon the context. In production, it has the same connotation as ‘atmosphere’, meaning extras who are staged to supply detail in the form of normal human traffic in a scene. In sound, it can mean the same as ‘ambience’ or it may refer to…

Bin

A reference to a storage container lined with a cloth bag, into which cut film or sound stock may be arranged and hung. In digital audio and video terms, this can be related to a film and/or directory from which stored shots or sound segments are selected for use.

Blocking

Plotting actor, camera and microphone placement and movement in a production or scene.