Glossary
Producer and Director Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential producer and director terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key producer and director vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in producer and director training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Blocking
- Actor movement.
- Call sheet
- Daily schedule.
- Coverage
- Shots from several angles.
- Dailies
- Footage from each day.
- Executive producer
- Funds or oversees.
- Final cut
- Finished edit.
- Greenlight
- Approval to make.
- Line producer
- Manages budget day to day.
- PA
- Production assistant.
- Post-production
- Editing phase.
- Pre-production
- Planning phase.
- Production
- Filming phase.
- Shot list
- List of shots.
- Storyboard
- Sketch of shots.
- Wrap
- End of shooting.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Producer and Director practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Producer and Director training.
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