Filmclusive Encyclopedia
Post-production
Film production roles, equipment, workflows, and terms.
5.1 mix
A six-channel surround layout with left, center, right, two surrounds, and an LFE channel.
7.1 mix
An eight-channel surround layout expanding front or surround spatial coverage beyond 5.1.
AAC
Advanced Audio Coding, a lossy audio codec widely used for distribution and streaming.
AAF
An interchange format that can carry editorial timeline, clip, and audio information between applications.
Academy Primaries AP0
The wide set of RGB primaries used by the ACES2065-1 interchange encoding.
Academy Primaries AP1
The RGB primaries used by ACEScg, ACEScc, and ACEScct working encodings.
ACES
The Academy Color Encoding System, a color-managed framework for exchanging scene-referred image data.
ACES input transform
A transform converting a known camera or source encoding into the ACES reference framework.
ACES output transform
A transform mapping ACES scene-referred values to a specified display or mastering condition.
ACES2065-1
The core ACES scene-referred image encoding using AP0 primaries and linear-light values for interchange and archiving.
ACEScc
A logarithmic ACES color-grading image encoding based on the AP1 color primaries.
ACEScct
A logarithmic ACES encoding based on AP1 primaries and designed for color-grading operations.
ACEScg
A linear-light ACES working space using AP1 primaries, commonly used for computer graphics and compositing.
ADR
Automated dialogue replacement: re-recording dialogue in sync with picture after principal photography.
ADR cue sheet
A list of replacement dialogue cues with scene, take, timing, performer, and recording notes.
ADR editing
The selection, timing, cleaning, and integration of recorded ADR with production sound.
ADR recording
A studio session capturing replacement dialogue performed in synchronization with picture.
AIFF
Audio Interchange File Format, a container historically common for uncompressed professional audio.
Alpha channel
A data channel that describes image transparency or matte coverage for compositing.
Ambience
Background sound that establishes the continuous acoustic character of a place, time, or environment.
Anamorphic format
An image system that uses different horizontal and vertical magnification, traditionally squeezing a wide field onto film and unsqueezing it for projection.
Answer print
The first release-form laboratory print combining approved picture and sound that is presented to the producer for acceptance.
Apple ProRes
A family of intraframe video codecs used for acquisition, editing, mastering, and interchange.
Archival master
A preservation-oriented master retained to support long-term access, migration, and future remastering.
As-broadcast script
A timed or final script reflecting the program as actually delivered rather than the shooting draft.
Assembly cut
An early edit that places the available material in script or story order before detailed refinement.
ASSETMAP
A DCP XML document locating package assets across one or more storage volumes.
Associated alpha
An alpha convention in which stored color channels have already been multiplied by opacity.
Audio denoise
Processing intended to reduce steady or changing unwanted noise in an audio recording.
Audio-description mix
A program mix incorporating narration that describes important visual information for blind or low-vision audiences.
Audio-description script
A timed script identifying visual information to describe and wording for the narration.
Auto-sync
Software-assisted alignment of separate picture and sound clips using timecode, waveform, or metadata.
Autosave
An automatically created project recovery version written at configured time or change intervals.
Auxiliary timecode
An additional timecode field stored alongside primary source timecode for alternate synchronization or reference.
AVI
Audio Video Interleave, a Microsoft container for interleaved picture and sound streams.
B-frame
A bidirectionally predicted picture reconstructed from surrounding reference pictures and residual data.
Beauty work
Selective retouching of faces, skin, wardrobe, or appearance within moving images.
Bit depth
The number of digital values available to represent each sampled image or audio component.
Broadcast Wave Format
A WAV-compatible audio format carrying professional metadata such as timestamps and origin information.
Burn-in timecode
Visible timecode characters rendered into a viewing copy for reference.
Camera original
The first-generation picture recorded by the production camera onto film or digital media.
Camera tracking
The reconstruction of camera movement and scene perspective from photographed image features.
Caption conformance
The revision of caption timing and text to match a changed program edit or master.
Caption file
A timed-text file containing same-language dialogue and relevant sound information for accessibility.
Captions
Timed text that represents dialogue and relevant audible information for accessibility or distribution.
Change list
A report describing editorial differences between two picture versions for downstream departments.
Checksum manifest
A file listing media paths and cryptographic checksums for transfer or package integrity verification.
Chroma key
Isolation of image regions based primarily on a selected hue or color range.
Chroma subsampling
A representation that stores color-detail information at lower spatial resolution than luminance.
Clean plate
A background-only image used to remove or replace unwanted objects during compositing.
Closed captions
Timed accessibility text carried separately so viewers or playback systems can enable it.
Codec
An algorithm or software implementation used to encode and decode audio or video data.
Color grading
The creative and technical shaping of shot color, contrast, density, and continuity for approved outputs.
Color space
A defined coordinate system for describing how color values are represented, transformed, and displayed.
Color timing
The shot-by-shot control of color and density, historically through photochemical printer-light decisions and now also used for digital grading.
Compositing
The combination of multiple image elements into a single coherent shot.
Composition playlist
A D-cinema or IMF document defining the ordered track files that form a playable composition.
Compound clip
A grouped timeline object that packages multiple synchronized elements for editing as one item.
Computer-generated imagery
Imagery created or substantially manipulated with computer graphics for integration into a shot, sequence, or complete animated work.
Conform
The process of rebuilding a locked edit from original camera or source media for finishing.
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