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• Five-minute call

  A backstage warning that approximately five minutes remain before a scheduled start or return.

• Fixture addressing

  The assignment of a control start address and universe or network identity to an entertainment device.

• Fixture Foreman

  A Fixture Foreman leads the crew that prepares, installs, modifies, services, tracks, and removes practical or production lighting fixtures assigned to a set or location. They coordinate approved fixture specifications, wiring and control needs, materials, labor, access, testing, and handoff with art, construction, rigging electric, and shooting crews.

• Fixture parameter

  A controllable attribute such as intensity, pan, color, focus, or framing.

• Fixture profile

  A console’s structured definition of a lighting device’s control channels, ranges, defaults, and parameter behavior.

• Fixture safety chain

  A rated secondary attachment intended to retain compatible equipment if its primary clamp fails.

• Flag

  An opaque fabric or board used to block, shape, or subtract light from a scene.

• Flagging

  The placement of opaque cutters or flags to block selected light from subject, set, or lens.

• Flammable liquid

  A liquid classified by its flash point and boiling characteristics as presenting a readily ignitable vapor hazard.

• Flange focal distance

  The specified distance from a lens-mount reference surface to the image plane.

• Floor hole

  A gap or void in a walking-working surface large enough to present a foot, object, or fall hazard.

• Floor plan

  A scaled overhead drawing showing the layout and dimensions of a set, stage, or location.

• Flown line array

  A vertically configured loudspeaker array suspended above the audience or stage area.

• Fluid head

  A pan-and-tilt camera head that uses drag control for smooth movement.

• Fly loft

  The tall stage volume above the performance area where flown scenery and equipment travel.

• Fly system

  A stage machinery system raising, lowering, and holding scenery, lighting, or curtains overhead.

• Flying in

  A warning that a person or item is entering the working area promptly.

• Foamcore

  A lightweight rigid board used for bounce, negative fill, blocking, and temporary set protection.

• Focus peaking

  A display aid that highlights edges judged to have high local contrast and likely sharpness.

• Focus Puller

  A Focus Puller keeps the intended subject sharp while performers and cameras move. They judge distance, lens behavior, depth of field, marks, timing, and storytelling priority, then operate a follow-focus system during the take—usually as part of the First Assistant Camera’s broader camera-technical responsibilities.

• Fog fluid

  A manufacturer-formulated liquid intended for a compatible theatrical fog or haze machine.

• Fogged film

  Photographic film unintentionally exposed to light, radiation, heat, age, or chemical influence before intended imaging.

• Fold and hold

  The instruction to box, label, inventory, and retain set dressing so a set can be recreated accurately for later work.

• Foley

  Performed and recorded sound effects synchronized to picture, named for sound-effects artist Jack Foley.

• Foley edit

  The editing and preparation of recorded Foley performances for synchronization, continuity, and mixing.

• Foley Editor

  A Foley Editor selects, synchronizes, cleans, compiles, and shapes recorded footsteps, clothing, props, and body movement to match picture. They compare takes, preserve performance detail, repair timing or noise, organize material by character and surface, fill editorial gaps, conform to picture changes, and prepare controllable tracks that blend with production sound, effects, and the final mix.

• Foley recording

  The performance and recording of synchronized footsteps, movement, props, and tactile sounds.

• Follow cue

  A cue configured to execute automatically after a preceding cue or delay.

• Follow focus

  A geared control that lets an operator or focus puller make repeatable lens-focus adjustments.

• Followspot

  A manually operated spotlight that tracks and illuminates a performer or moving subject.

• Followspot fixture

  A high-output manually operated fixture designed to track a performer through a venue.

• Food Stylist

  A Food Stylist prepares, arranges, maintains, and resets food that must look specific and consistent for camera. They translate the creative brief into ingredient, cooking, plating, duplicate, timing, temperature, and continuity plans; coordinate edible and non-edible techniques; protect food and performer safety; work with Props, Art, Camera, and Lighting; and keep each hero plate camera-ready through repeated takes.

• Forced call

  A call that encroaches on required turnaround or rest time and may trigger premium pay or other agreement-specific conditions.

• Forced-narrative subtitles

  Subtitles shown selectively to translate story-essential language or text within an otherwise unsubtitled version.

• Format document

  A document defining the repeatable structure, rules, tone, and production engine of a program.

• Four-point edit

  An edit using both source and sequence in-out ranges, requiring a duration reconciliation.

• Frame diffusion

  Diffusion fabric stretched in a frame to soften or enlarge a light source.

• Frame-rate conversion

  A process creating a new temporal sampling rate from source picture frames.

• Free fall

  The portion of a fall before a personal fall-arrest system begins applying arresting force.

• Free-fall distance

  The vertical displacement from the start of a fall until the arrest system begins to engage.

• Freeze frame

  A held still image created by repeating or extending one selected picture frame.

• Freight forwarder

  A logistics provider arranging transport, documentation, consolidation, and customs coordination for production freight.

• French hours

  A continuous-hours shooting schedule in which food is served while work continues instead of taking a traditional mid-day meal break; it is subject to the applicable agreement, employer policy, and local rules.

• French reverse

  A dressing or camera adjustment that creates the appearance of a reverse angle while avoiding an unwanted background or rebuilding a full set side.

• Fresnel lens

  A stepped lens that gathers and focuses light into a controllable beam, common in theatrical and film fixtures.

• Fringes

  Employer-side payroll and benefit costs added to wages under law, agreements, insurance, or company policy.

• Front fill

  A loudspeaker placed near the stage edge to cover audience positions below or between the main arrays.

• Front of house

  The audience-facing technical position or team responsible for the main show mix or control view.

• Front-of-house mix

  The audience-facing live audio balance created at the main mixing position.

• Front-projection process

  A process technique reflecting projected imagery toward camera and a retroreflective background.

• Frontal shot

  A camera angle facing a subject substantially from the front.

• Frostbite

  A freezing injury affecting skin and deeper tissues during severe cold exposure.

• Fuel storage

  The approved containment, labeling, separation, and handling of flammable fuel for production equipment.

• Full apple

  The standard full-size apple box, commonly about 8 × 12 × 20 inches, used alone or as the modular base for smaller apples.

• Full shot

  A framing that includes a standing performer approximately from head to feet.

• Fuller’s earth

  A clay-based powder historically used to create dirt or dust effects; material selection and exposure controls should follow current safety guidance.

• Furniture clamp

  A long bar clamp adapted in grip work to span scenery or furniture and carry a small accessory.

• Furry windscreen

  A synthetic-fur cover that dissipates wind turbulence around a microphone or basket.

• Fuse

  An overcurrent device whose element melts and opens a circuit when current exceeds its design response.

• FX Technical Director

  An FX Technical Director designs and executes computer-generated simulations and procedural effects such as fire, smoke, water, destruction, debris, clouds, dust, particles, crowds, vegetation, or magical phenomena. They translate creative reference into controllable systems, solve collisions and scale, optimize caches and renders, and deliver layered elements that lighting and compositing can finish.

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