A-Roll The primary story

Assignment Editor Researches, sources, plans, assigns, and directs story coverage.

B-Roll Secondary or fill-in material.

Block Period in a program between commercials.

Break Scheduled program interruption for important or updating information. A news break, a breaking story.

Bumper shot Video at end of a block prior to a commercial, leading to a coming item.

Cutaway A view away from the main subject to add variety.

Cut-in Main program interruption for insertion of local flavor or news.

Director Instructs cameraman and video sequences to make a coherent program.

Dissolve Fade from one picture to another

EJ Electronic Journalism Principally NBC trade name for Electronic News Gathering.

ENG Electronic News Gathering. News reportage using video tape and live sourcing.

IFB Interrupted Feedback. On-air program provided to field crews for insertion of cues & instruction.

ISO A single isolated camera kept on the principal subject or speaker.

Insert Show title number or name at bottom of picture.

Jump Cut An incongruous view not matching the previous shot.

Kicker A final item lending humor or human interest to close a sequence.

Live Tag Announcer inserting remarks to the end of a recorded sequence.

Locator A visual view readily identifying the location being shown.

Man on the Street A sidewalk reporter interview with passing persons.

Natural sound Theme audio either present or added such as martial music.

Out cue The final words in a sequence to signal the next speaker.

Panning Moving a camera or microwave dish to smoothly track a subject or target.

Pre-show teaser A preview statement to heighten interest for coming material.

Program audio On-air audio provided to field crews for cue & quality monitoring.

Program interrupt Same as Interrupted feedback

Pull out Backward zoom to widen picture.

Reader A story read to the viewer directly or with a still shot but without video.

Reporter package A pre-recorded video-audio story.

Reporter Stand-up A live video-audio story.

Reporter Track An unseen reporters voice recording carried with video material.

SAP Second Audio Program. An additional audio channel relating to the video channel such as in a second language or description of video program for the blind.

SNG Satellite News Gathering. News reportage returned to the studio via celestial satellite.

Sound Bite A significant statement to lend emphasis to a story such as "No New Taxes!"

SOT Sound On Tape. Audio material carried with video on the same tape.

Take Select (camera number) to main program.

Teaser A preview statement to heighten interest for coming material.

Telemation A video information band to identify time, place, person, or subject.

Undercut

VO Voice Over. Narration from an unseen announcer explaining the video.

VO/SOT Voice Over to Sound On Tape. An announced interlude leading to video with audio sequence.

Wrap Conclude a segment or story, wrap it up.