Filmclusive Encyclopedia
Live entertainment
Film production roles, equipment, workflows, and terms.
Hearing loop
An assistive listening system using an induction loop to send audio to telecoil-equipped hearing devices.
Hemp rigging system
A manually operated stage system using fiber ropes, blocks, battens, and sandbag counterweights.
Hold cue
An instruction preventing execution or progression of a cue until further authorization.
Hospitality rider
A rider section describing dressing-room, catering, transport, security, guest, and other nontechnical event requirements.
House count
The number of audience members admitted, seated, sold, or present under a stated counting method.
House lights
General audience-area lighting controlled separately from stage or performance lighting.
House manager report
A post-event record of audience operations, timing, accessibility, incidents, staffing, and facility issues.
House open
The operational point at which the venue begins admitting the audience to the performance area.
Idler pulley
A pulley added to guide or support a line without providing the primary lifting function.
In-ear monitor
An earpiece-based monitoring system delivering a controlled performer mix directly to the ears.
Infrared listening system
An assistive audio system transmitting modulated infrared light to audience receivers.
Input list
An ordered document naming each audio source and its channel, connector, microphone, stand, power, and patch requirements.
Intermission
A planned pause in a performance during which audience, performer, and technical operations change state.
Kabuki drop
A release system that drops a suspended curtain or scenic cloth rapidly on cue.
Late-seating hold
A planned point at which late audience members may enter with minimal disruption or risk.
LED display cabinet
A structural module containing LED tiles, electronics, connectors, and rigging features for video walls.
LED receiving card
An electronic module distributing mapped pixel data within an LED cabinet or panel.
LED sending device
A controller output device formatting and transmitting video data to LED display receiving systems.
LED-wall processor
A controller scaling and distributing video data to modular LED display cabinets.
Lift line
A wire rope or line connecting a stage batten or load to blocks and its operating system.
Lighting channel hookup
A lighting document listing each control channel and its fixtures, positions, circuits, color, purpose, and accessories.
Lighting console
A control system used to patch, program, cue, play back, and monitor entertainment lighting and related devices.
Lighting cue
A numbered or labeled lighting state with timing and playback instructions.
Lighting effect
A programmed pattern that changes fixture parameters repeatedly or algorithmically over time.
Lighting focus call
A work session positioning and shaping each lighting fixture toward its intended area.
Lighting focus chart
A record of each luminaire’s target, beam, shutters, accessories, and focus notes.
Lighting gateway
A device translating, routing, or bridging entertainment-control protocols between network and serial systems.
Lighting group
A programmable selection of channels or fixtures recalled together for editing or control.
Lighting inhibit
A control that limits or suppresses output from selected channels regardless of normal playback.
Lighting instrument schedule
A document listing luminaires and their identifying, positional, circuit, control, accessory, and focus information.
Lighting palette
A reusable stored value or reference for color, focus, beam, intensity, or another parameter group.
Lighting patch
The assignment connecting control channels and fixture parameters to physical dimmers or network addresses.
Lighting preset
A recorded combination of fixture parameter values available for cue building or playback.
Lighting submaster
A playback or fader controlling a recorded group, look, effect, or other console object.
Line array
A vertically arranged loudspeaker system designed to control coverage and coupling across an audience area.
Line check
A systematic verification that each audio or signal path reaches the expected destination before a live event.
Line level
A nominal audio signal level intended for interconnection between powered audio devices.
Line set
A coordinated group of lift lines and machinery moving a stage batten or load.
Live audio latency
The time delay introduced as sound passes through conversion, processing, networking, and loudspeaker paths.
Live cue sheet
A chronological document listing show cues, triggers, departments, timing, and notes.
Live image processor
A device performing switching, scaling, compositing, warping, or screen management for events.
Live production meeting
A coordination meeting aligning creative, technical, venue, safety, schedule, and client decisions.
Load-in
The scheduled movement of equipment and materials into a venue before setup or rehearsal.
Load-in call
The scheduled reporting time for crews installing event equipment and production systems.
Load-out
The controlled removal, packing, and accounting of equipment and materials after a live event.
Loading gallery
An elevated fly-house level where counterweights are added to or removed from arbors.
Local crew
Workers hired in the event market or venue to support load-in, show operation, and load-out.
Lock rail
The operating level containing rope locks for counterweight line sets.
Loft block
An overhead sheave guiding an individual lift line between batten and head block.
Loudspeaker processor
A digital processor providing crossover, equalization, delay, limiting, and routing for speaker systems.
MADI
A multichannel digital-audio interface standardized for carrying many channels over coaxial or optical connections.
Magic sheet
A condensed graphical layout of lighting channels organized by area, direction, color, or purpose.
Manual cue
A cue whose timing or level is directly controlled by an operator rather than fully automated.
Masking portal
A coordinated header-and-leg assembly forming an adjustable visual frame around the stage picture.
Maximum SPL
The highest sound-pressure level a microphone or device is specified to handle within stated distortion criteria.
Meal buyout
A payment provided instead of a catered meal under an applicable agreement or tour policy.
Media server
A system that stores, processes, maps, and plays video or pixel content for a live event.
Media-server output
A rendered video feed generated by a media server for screens, projection, or compositing.
Merchandise settlement
The post-show accounting of merchandise sales, taxes, venue commissions, card fees, inventory, and cash.
Microphone level
The relatively low electrical signal level produced by a microphone before preamplification.
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