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Common Phrases

Bag That (It)

Bag That (It)

Department

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Phrase

A lighting dept term referraing to adding the gel package to a focused leko

Beach

Beach

Department

Scenic

Scenic, Phrase

See Sand Bag

Burger

Burger

Department

Rigging

Rigging, Phrase, Clamp

For clamping a pipe to a pipe. Fixed cheeseboro for right angle junctions, swivel for all other angles.

Cheeseburger

Cheeseburger

Department

Rigging

Terminology, Rigging, Phrase

See Cheeseborough

Color Bars

Color Bars

Department

Video

Terminology, Phrase, Video

The purpose of bars and tone is to serve as a reference or target for the calibration of color and audio levels coming from the videotape during transmission. The color bars are presented at 75% intensity.

Copy

Copy

Department

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Phrase

The term COPY THAT (often abbreviated as just "Copy") is widely used in speech and text-based communications with the meaning "I Heard and Understood the Message."

DIrt Bag

DIrt Bag

Department

Scenic

Scenic, Phrase

See Sand Bag

Downstage

Downstage

Department

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Terminology, Stage, Phrase

Situated or occurring at or toward the front of a stage

Engineer Wet Stamp

Engineer Wet Stamp

Department

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Terminology, CAD, Permit, Phrase

The official hallmark of an engineer, surveyor or other licensed professional that is reproduced, via ink or embossing, on plans, plats, studies or the like prepared by such professional or under his direction, to prove its authenticity and/or to confirm its accuracy.

Fly / Flown

Fly / Flown

Department

Rigging

Rigging, Terminology, Phrase

A phrase commonly used to describe an aerial-rigged instuments or gear.
Also used to instruct rigging department to move truss upward

Gel

Gel

Department

Lights

Lights, Phrase

Colored, translucent sheets of thin plastic. Photographers, filmmakers, and stage lighting technicians use them as filters to correct color and lighting issues.

Ghost Light

Ghost Light

Department

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Terminology, Lights, Phrase

An electric light that is left energized on the stage of a theater when the theater is unoccupied and would otherwise be completely dark. It typically consists of an exposed incandescent bulb, CFL lamp, or LED lamp mounted in a wire cage on a portable light stand

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