1. Production team: Everyone involved in the production both staff and talent.
2. Staff: Production personnel that work behind the scene and generally includes
management and designers.
3. Crew: Production personnel that are normally not seen by the camera, which generally
includes equipment operators.
4. Talent: Anyone seen by the camera, whether or not they have a speaking role in the
program, as well as individuals who provide only their vocal skills to the production.
5. Cast: The collective name given to all the talent participating in a production,
6. Executive producer (EP): the person, or people who provide the funding necessary to
produce the program .
7. Producer: in the non-news environment, the producer purchases materials and
services in the creation of a finished program. In a broadcast new facility, the producer
coordinates the content and flow of a newscast.
8. Pre-production: Any activity on a program that occurs prior to the time the cameras
begin rolling. This includes production meetings, set construction, costume design,
music composition, scriptwriting, and location surveys.
9. Production: The actual shooting of the program.
10. Post-Production: ANy of the activities performed after a program has been shot. This
includes music beds, editing, audio overdubs, titles, and duplication.
11. Distribution: The final phase of production, which includes DVD authoring, DVD
duplication, and distribution to the end user.
12. News director: The person responsible for the structure of the newsroom, for
personnel matters (performance evaluating employees), managing the budget, and the
overall
13. effectiveness of the newsroom. The news director is also the final authority on which
stories will air during a news broadcast.
14. Director: the person who is in charge of the creative aspects of the program and
interacts with the entire staff.
15. Production Manager: The person who handles the business portion of the production
by negotiating the fees for goods, services, and other contracts and by determining the
staffing requirements based on the needs of each production.
16. Production Assistant: The person who provides general assistance around the studio or
production facility. The PA is commonly hired to fill a variety of positions when key
personnel are sick, out of town, working on another project, or otherwise unavailable.
17. Floor manager: the person who is the director’s eyes and ears” in the studio. The floor
manager relays the director’s commands to the studio personnel. Also commonly called
floor director.
18. Cue: A signal that directs something specific to happen.
