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• Cardioid subwoofer array

  A low-frequency array configured with spacing, delay, and polarity to reduce radiation in selected directions.

• Cash flow

  A time-based forecast of when production funds will be received and paid out.

• Cash-flow loan

  Interim financing advanced against contracted funds expected after production milestones or delivery.

• Cast call

  The time a performer is instructed to report for work, preparation, rehearsal, or set.

• Cast Costumer

  A Cast Costumer is assigned to one or more principal performers and manages their fittings, daily wardrobe, dressing, changes, continuity, comfort, maintenance, repairs, laundry, and communication. They provide a trusted, discreet link between the performer and the costume department.

• Cast Driver

  A Cast Driver transports performers safely, discreetly, and punctually among pickup points, base camp, set, fittings, rehearsals, airports, hotels, and approved destinations. They maintain vehicle readiness, follow dispatch and production instructions, protect confidential schedules and conversations, communicate delays without distracting performers, and coordinate arrivals with AD, base-camp, hair, makeup, costume, and security teams.

• Cast finish-work date

  The date a performer completes the contracted work period, subject to recalls or options.

• Cast list

  A controlled list of performers, character names, contact channels, and relevant production status.

• Cast pickup day

  A later scheduled workday bringing a performer back for additional photography or recording.

• Cast quote

  A performer’s prior or requested compensation figure used as a reference in deal negotiations.

• Cast rehearsal day

  A scheduled workday devoted primarily to performance rehearsal before photography or recording.

• Cast start-work date

  The date a performer’s contracted production services begin for scheduling and employment purposes.

• Cast work day

  A scheduled day on which a performer provides covered services other than travel-only or hold status.

• Casting Assistant

  A Casting Assistant supports auditions and casting-office operations by scheduling performers, preparing sides and session links, processing submissions, labeling media, maintaining databases, communicating instructions, organizing readers and rooms, and keeping confidential records accurate and current.

• Casting Associate

  A Casting Associate supports and may lead delegated creative casting work, including searches, submissions, auditions, session preparation, performer research, select lists, availability, and communication. The title’s seniority varies, so the actual scope should be understood from the production and credit structure.

• Casting breakdown

  A role-by-role description of characters, requirements, sides, dates, and submission instructions.

• Casting Consultant

  A Casting Consultant advises a production or Casting Director on a defined casting problem such as regional authenticity, language, disability, community outreach, specialized performance, international talent, or a difficult search. They research and recommend talent or sources, review materials, explain context, support outreach, and identify risks while staying within the agreed scope rather than assuming the Casting Director’s full authority.

• Casting Coordinator

  A Casting Coordinator manages the calendars, sessions, facilities, readers, travel, communication, databases, paperwork, vendors, cuts, and status tracking that support a casting office. They keep high-volume creative work organized without losing candidate privacy, version accuracy, or follow-up.

• Casting couch

  A historical euphemism for sexual coercion, harassment, or exploitation by people who condition professional opportunity on sexual access.

• Casting Director

  A Casting Director leads the search, evaluation, audition, negotiation support, and presentation process for performers. They interpret character needs with the Director and Producers, build candidate lists, run auditions and callbacks, advise on ensembles and availability, and protect a professional, equitable, confidential process through final selections.

• Casting grid

  A structured tracker comparing roles, candidates, status, availability, representation, offers, and approvals.

• Casting Researcher

  A Casting Researcher finds and verifies potential performers, experts, real people, communities, representatives, credits, availability signals, and background information for a defined casting search. They use approved sources and outreach methods, document findings, distinguish verified facts from leads, respect privacy and consent, and present organized options to the Casting Director rather than contacting or promising roles without authorization.

• Casting Scout

  A Casting Scout searches beyond routine submissions to identify performers, communities, specialists, real people, or emerging talent suited to specific roles. They research in relevant places, build trust, document prospects, explain the process clearly, and pass qualified leads to the Casting Director without promising employment.

• Casting session

  An organized audition period in which performers present material for a role or project.

• Castle Rock rule

  An informal producing aphorism that divides films into four combinations: good or bad movies that either work commercially or do not.

• Catering Assistant

  A Catering Assistant supports the production catering team with ingredient prep, loading, transport, meal setup, service, replenishment, dishwashing, sanitation, and breakdown. They follow menu and dietary instructions, maintain separation and labeling, monitor supplies and food temperatures, help serve a large company within a limited meal period, and restore the kitchen or location promptly for the next service.

• Ceiling exposure limit

  An occupational exposure concentration that should not be exceeded at any time.

• Central Casting

  A United States background-casting company founded in 1925 to organize studio hiring and reduce exploitation in the then-chaotic market for extras.

• Century light

  A historical spotlight name associated with Century Lighting equipment, distinct from a Century stand or C-stand.

• Certificate of insurance

  A document showing insurance coverage and named parties for a production, location, or vendor.

• Certificate of origin

  A trade document certifying the country in which listed goods were produced or manufactured.

• Certified equipment

  Equipment evaluated and identified as conforming to recognized safety requirements by an accepted certification body.

• CG Artist

  A CG Artist creates computer-generated visual material for film, television, advertising, animation, or immersive media. Depending on the assignment, they may model, texture, light, animate, simulate, render, or integrate assets and shots while following design references, technical specifications, naming rules, review notes, and the production’s color and pipeline requirements.

• Chain of title

  The documented sequence of rights ownership and transfers supporting a producer’s authority to exploit a project.

• Chain vise grip

  A chain-jaw clamp used to wrap irregular or round members and provide a mounting point.

• Chain-of-title opinion

  A lawyer’s assessment of whether documented rights support production and exploitation of a project.

• Change list

  A report describing editorial differences between two picture versions for downstream departments.

• Changeover

  The organized transition between acts, bands, scenes, or technical configurations.

• Changing bag

  A light-tight fabric enclosure that lets film or photosensitive material be handled without a darkroom.

• Changing tent

  A framed light-tight enclosure offering more working volume than a changing bag for loading or repairs.

• Channel list

  A numbered record of console inputs, sources, destinations, and key patch or processing notes.

• Character arc

  The designed evolution—or purposeful lack of evolution—of a character through a story.

• Character breakdown

  A concise description of a scripted role’s story function, traits, requirements, and casting parameters.

• Character Designer

  A Character Designer develops the appearance, shape language, proportions, costume, expression, pose vocabulary, and practical construction of animated characters. They explore options from the story and art direction, create model sheets and turnarounds, solve how designs work from multiple views, and provide consistent guidance for boards, modeling, rigging, animation, and marketing.

• Charge Scenic Artist

  A Charge Scenic Artist leads the scenic department that applies paint, texture, aging, plaster, finishes, murals, signage, treatments, and environmental detail to sets. They translate the Production Designer’s and Art Director’s approved look into samples, recipes, crew assignments, material plans, schedules, and quality control while coordinating construction readiness, drying time, continuity, repairs, and strike.

• Charlie bar

  A long narrow opaque strip or small rectangular flag, commonly fitted with a pin, used to cast a controlled shadow or break up a beam.

• Cheat

  To adjust a performer, eyeline, prop, set piece, or camera position away from literal spatial truth so it reads better in the frame.

• Cheat eyeline

  An adjusted off-camera look target chosen to make an on-screen relationship read correctly.

• Cheat position

  A small performer or object adjustment made primarily to improve the camera composition.

• Check the gate

  A film-camera instruction to inspect the aperture and film path for hair, dirt, emulsion, or damage that could spoil the photographed take.

• Checksum

  A calculated value used to verify that copied media matches its source byte for byte.

• Checksum drive

  A designated storage device used in a verified camera-media copy and backup workflow.

• Checksum manifest

  A file listing media paths and cryptographic checksums for transfer or package integrity verification.

• Cheeseborough clamp

  A scaffold-style coupler used to join compatible pipes at fixed or swiveling angles.

• Chemistry read

  A casting session that evaluates how two or more performers work together in selected material.

• Cherry picker

  Informal name for a mobile elevating work platform with a boom and personnel basket used to reach elevated work positions.

• Chicago position

  The commonly used name for placing a full apple on its long narrow side, roughly 12 inches high; some crews use other regional names.

• Chicken coop light

  A broad overhead soft-light box traditionally built with multiple lamps—often six—arranged to wash a set from above.

• Child labor plan

  A production plan for legally compliant work, education, welfare, guardianship, and hours for minors.

• China ball

  A paper lantern used as a lightweight omnidirectional soft source when safely rigged.

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