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• Electrical receptacle

  A contact device installed at an outlet for connection of an attachment plug.

• Electrical resistance

  Opposition to electric current, measured in ohms for direct-current analysis.

• Electrical shock hazard

  A dangerous condition in which current may pass through a person contacting different electrical potentials.

• Electrical tape

  A flexible insulating tape intended for electrical conductors and connections; it is not a substitute for gaffer tape.

• Electrical tie-in

  A temporary connection made directly to an electrical service or distribution point.

• Electrocution

  A fatal injury caused by electrical current or closely related electrical effects.

• Electronic viewfinder

  A camera-mounted electronic display used by the operator for framing, focus, exposure, and status.

• Elephant blocks

  A three-legged modular riser system designed to provide stable incremental height changes in a smaller package than traditional apples.

• Elevated work platform

  A raised work surface used to support people and their necessary tools or materials.

• Elevator pitch

  An intentionally brief project pitch communicating the hook, form, audience, and reason to engage.

• Ellipsoidal reflector spotlight

  A hard-beam fixture with shutters and an accessory plane for precise theatrical control.

• Emergency action plan

  A documented response for evacuation, communication, accountability, medical aid, and emergency coordination.

• Emergency communications

  The planned methods, contacts, messages, and backups used to report and coordinate an emergency.

• Emergency drill

  A planned exercise testing emergency roles, communication, movement, equipment, and accountability.

• Emergency eyewash

  A device providing immediate flushing fluid after hazardous eye exposure.

• Emergency power off

  A readily identified control intended to remove power rapidly from designated equipment or an area.

• Emergency safety shower

  A device delivering rapid full-body flushing after significant hazardous-material contact.

• Emergency stop

  A control intended to stop hazardous machinery or motion rapidly during an emergency.

• Encore

  An additional performance offered after the planned main program in response to audience or artist decision.

• End credits

  The credit sequence appearing after the principal program content of a finished work.

• Energized

  Electrically connected to, or containing energy from, a source of voltage.

• Energized electrical work

  Work performed on or near exposed live electrical conductors or circuit parts.

• Engineering control

  A physical or technical measure that isolates people from a hazard.

• Entertainment chain hoist

  A powered or manual hoist using load chain to lift or suspend entertainment-production equipment.

• Entertainment network switch

  An Ethernet switch configured for lighting, audio, video, or show-control traffic.

• Entertainment power control

  A managed system switching or dimming electrical circuits for show equipment under authorized control.

• Episode Director

  An Episode Director leads the creative execution of an assigned television episode or block. They interpret the script, direct actors, choose staging and coverage with the Cinematographer, collaborate with department heads, manage the shooting day with the AD team, and prepare the Director’s cut within the series’ established language.

• Episode grid

  A table mapping plots, characters, themes, and turns across episodes.

• Episode outline

  A prose or beat-level plan describing an episode’s story progression before full scripting.

• Equipment cross-rental

  A rental obtained by one supplier from another to complete a production package.

• Equipment defect

  A condition or characteristic that weakens or reduces the safe strength or function of equipment.

• Equipment grounding conductor

  A protective conductor connecting exposed equipment parts to the grounding system.

• Equipment list

  A planned inventory of camera, lighting, grip, sound, power, and specialty equipment for a production.

• Equipment prep

  A scheduled inspection, assembly, configuration, labeling, and test period before equipment goes to set.

• Equity investment

  Capital contributed in exchange for an ownership interest or defined participation in project returns.

• Errors and omissions insurance

  Liability coverage addressing specified claims arising from a production’s content and rights clearances.

• Errors and omissions report

  A clearance and legal-risk record prepared to support errors-and-omissions insurance review.

• Establishing shot

  A shot that introduces the spatial, temporal, or contextual setting of a scene.

• Evacuation route

  A planned unobstructed path leading people from a work or audience area to a safer location.

• Event curfew

  A contractual, venue, permit, noise, transport, or labor deadline by which specified event activity must end.

• Event production schedule

  A master timeline covering access, load-in, rehearsals, doors, show, curfew, and load-out.

• Event runner

  A locally assigned worker handling approved errands and transport for touring or event departments.

• Event settlement

  The post-show reconciliation of ticketing, expenses, guarantees, percentages, taxes, and contractual adjustments.

• Event site walk

  A multidisciplinary inspection of venue or site conditions before final event planning.

• Exclusion zone

  A controlled area kept clear of unauthorized people because hazardous work or load movement is underway.

• Exclusivity

  A contractual restriction on specified competing services or appearances during a defined period and scope.

• Executive Assistant

  An Executive Assistant manages the information, schedule, communication, and administrative flow around an executive working in development, production, finance, distribution, or another entertainment function. They coordinate meetings and travel, prepare materials, track decisions and follow-ups, screen requests, maintain confidential files and contacts, process expenses, and help priorities move forward without assuming the executive’s approval authority.

• Executive Producer

  An Executive Producer holds senior responsibility for a project or series, often through financing, creation, packaging, studio or company leadership, rights, talent relationships, or showrunning. Their exact work varies widely, but they typically approve major creative, business, budget, staffing, and delivery decisions rather than manage every daily production detail.

• Exhibitor

  An operator that presents completed screen works to audiences, traditionally a cinema owner or operator.

• Extension cord

  A flexible cord assembly used to extend power within its rating, environment, and approved use.

• Extension tube

  A non-optical spacer that increases lens-to-sensor distance for closer focusing.

• Extract edit

  Removal of selected timeline material while closing the resulting time gap.

• Extras Casting Assistant

  An Extras Casting Assistant supports background casting by posting approved notices, processing submissions, checking availability and work eligibility, organizing photos and sizes, contacting performers, preparing booking details, updating rosters, collecting required information, and helping respond to replacements or changes. They handle personal data carefully and communicate only confirmed instructions from authorized casting and production staff.

• Extras Casting Director

  An Extras Casting Director sources, books, and coordinates background performers who populate scenes. They translate scene and schedule needs into counts and categories, manage submissions and availability, communicate wardrobe and call requirements, handle replacements, and deliver accurate booking information to production.

• Extreme close-up

  A very tight framing isolating a face detail, object, or small action.

• Extreme wide shot

  A very broad framing in which environment or geography dominates individual subject detail.

• Eye light

  A small controlled reflection or illumination intended to add life or definition to a performer’s eyes.

• Eyeline

  The apparent direction from which an on-screen subject looks toward another subject or point.

• Eyes and ears

  A warning to use assigned eye and hearing protection before a loud or debris-producing effect.

• Fade

  A gradual transition between a picture or sound element and a defined level such as black or silence.

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