Filmclusive Encyclopedia
Live entertainment
Film production roles, equipment, workflows, and terms.
Acoustic feedback loop
A reinforcing loop in which loudspeaker output re-enters a microphone and is amplified repeatedly.
Acoustic phase
The relative timing position of periodic sound components, affecting addition and cancellation.
Advance
The pre-event exchange and confirmation of technical, schedule, venue, staffing, hospitality, and access requirements.
Advancing
The ongoing process of coordinating and documenting an event’s requirements with venues and suppliers before arrival.
AES67
An Audio Engineering Society interoperability standard for high-performance audio-over-IP streaming between compatible systems.
All-access credential
A high-level event credential permitting entry to most controlled operational zones.
Amplifier rack
A rack containing power amplifiers and associated distribution, processing, networking, and monitoring.
Art-Net
An Ethernet protocol used to transport DMX-style lighting control and related data across IP networks.
Artist guarantee
A contracted minimum performance payment, sometimes combined with a share of defined event receipts.
Assistive listening system
A venue system transmitting program audio directly to compatible audience receivers or hearing devices.
Audience ambience microphone
A microphone capturing room or audience sound for in-ear monitoring, recording, broadcast, or effects.
Audience barricade
A purpose-built barrier used to separate, guide, or protect audiences and working areas at an event.
Audience bowl
The venue area containing the audience seating or standing configuration facing the performance.
Audio matrix
A routing structure sending multiple inputs or mixes to multiple independently controlled outputs.
Audio mult
A parallel signal distribution point supplying the same source to several approved destinations.
Audio polarity
The positive-versus-negative orientation of an audio signal or transducer connection.
Audio subgroup
A console bus combining related channels for common level or processing control.
Audio system controller
A hardware or software interface monitoring and controlling networked sound-system devices.
Austrian curtain
A curtain that gathers upward in multiple vertical swags using lift lines.
Auxiliary send
A console path creating an additional mix from selected input channels.
AVB
A family of IEEE Audio Video Bridging technologies that provides time-aware transport and resource reservation on compatible Ethernet networks.
Backline
Performer instruments, amplifiers, stands, and related equipment supplied for a live music event.
Backstage
Production and performer areas not intended to be visible to the audience during a live event.
Backstage pass
A controlled event credential granting defined access to nonpublic production areas.
Backup console
A secondary control surface or processor prepared to assume operation after primary failure.
Balanced audio
A signal connection using two conductors with opposite polarity relative to a shield or reference.
Beginners call
A theatre call instructing performers appearing at the beginning of an act to go to their starting positions.
Black burst
An analog standard-definition video reference signal used to synchronize compatible video equipment.
Blackout
A cue or condition extinguishing designated performance lighting, often rapidly.
Blackout curtain
Opaque stage drapery used to block light, mask space, or divide backstage areas.
Busking
Operating live lighting or media by making responsive manual choices instead of following only a prebuilt cue stack.
Cable pick
An overhead support or suspension arrangement used to manage the weight and path of production cables.
Cardioid subwoofer array
A low-frequency array configured with spacing, delay, and polarity to reduce radiation in selected directions.
Changeover
The organized transition between acts, bands, scenes, or technical configurations.
Channel list
A numbered record of console inputs, sources, destinations, and key patch or processing notes.
Circuit plot
A drawing or schedule showing electrical circuits and connection locations for entertainment lighting.
Comb filtering
Alternating peaks and cancellations caused when correlated sounds combine with a small time difference.
Comms
A live-event communication system and operating practice used to coordinate departments and cues.
Complimentary ticket
A ticket issued without a normal sale price to an authorized guest or allocation.
Confidence monitor
A display showing presenters program, notes, timing, remote guests, or return information.
Console scene
A saved set of live-console parameters that can be recalled for a cue, song, speaker, or segment.
Console snapshot
A stored set of selected digital-console parameters recalled for a song, scene, or event state.
Contingency cue
A prepared alternate cue used when normal show conditions or equipment are unavailable.
Control channel
A console-level identifier used to select and operate one fixture or logical device.
Control universe
A numbered logical address space transporting a defined group of entertainment-control slots.
Counterweight arbor
A guided metal frame holding counterweights that balance a theatrical line set.
Counterweight fly system
A theatrical rigging system balancing line-set load with adjustable counterweights in an arbor.
Credential zone
A coded access area associated with specific event passes or permissions.
Crossover
A backstage route allowing people to travel from one side of the stage to the other without being seen.
Crossover frequency
The transition region where adjacent loudspeaker or signal-processing frequency bands divide and overlap.
Cue delay time
A programmed wait between a cue trigger and the start of a parameter transition.
Cue fade time
The programmed duration over which a cue’s parameter values transition.
Cue follow time
A programmed timing interval after which another show cue starts automatically.
Cue light
A visual signal used to communicate a performance or technical cue without relying on spoken radio traffic.
Cue list
An ordered record of show cues with identifiers, descriptions, timing, triggers, and responsible departments.
Cue stack
An ordered list of technical or performance cues used to run a live event consistently.
Cue-only edit
A console edit intended to affect one cue without tracking into later cues.
Cue-to-cue rehearsal
A technical rehearsal that skips intervening performance material to concentrate on cues and transitions.
Curtain call
The post-performance sequence in which performers return or remain for audience acknowledgment.
Curtain up
The scheduled or actual beginning of a stage performance, whether or not a physical curtain moves.
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