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back-to-back Two adjacent tele baffle A portable wall, spun gla . mat hui b sound and or light and preeho. balance (l) Blending kinds of .sounds to achieve proper volume relationships Buch as mu background for dramatic sequence. If lc is so loud that the dramatic is lost, a poor "balance" results. Also, the arrangement of musical groups to obtain a natural blendinn of tone for audio and visual. The placing of props, talent and or instruments voices or sound effects in such positions with relation to each other and to the camera angles and microphone as to produce the best sight and sound for desired effects. BALOP or TELOP Nickname for balopticon which is a projection machine or mechanism used in television to project, usually by reflection, objects, photographs, still pictures onto the mosaic element in the television tube. BALOWSTAR LENS Extremely fast lens used where lighting is unfavorable or of mixed color. Focal length: seven inches. Speed: fl.3. Horizontal angle: 10.5 degrees. (See Lenses.) BAND A group of frequencies within two definitely stated limits. The am 'radio band) is from 550 kilocycles to 1600 kc (kilocycle or 1 kc 1,000 cycles low frequency > . Fm Broadcast Band is 88 to 108 mc (megacycles). 1 megacycle = 1 million cycles on very high, very fast frequency. The tv band extends from 54 to 890 megacycles. Vhf or the very high frequency: 54 to 216 megacycles on channels 2 to 13. Uhf or ultra high frequency: 470 to 890 megacycles or the higher channels 14 to 83. BANKS or BROADS A unit or battery of incandescent, fluorescent or kleig lights, usually in horizontal groupings. BARN DOORS A shade which fits over large flood lights and permits light field to be narrowed down. BASE Material of which film is made. It may be cellulose nitrate or acetate. The former is highly inflammable, the latter flameproof. BASIC SET A set that is not furnished with props. BATTEN Thin metal rod or wooden stnp used for bracing or for anchoring nery, lights, makes, etc. Also used to fasten the sky eye to the floor or to brace a series of flats. BCU Extremely narrow angle picture. Big close up. Usually Just features of a person or a whole BUbjecl 'See Camera Sho BEAT Written direction in the script to take ;t one-count pause. belcher Performer with a frog in throat. BELOW-THE-LINE COSTS The allocations for assistant director, unit manager, script clerk, technicians, sets, props, camera work, sound, lighting, film development and printing, wardrobe and makeup, cutting, titles, mutock shots, special effects, location fees, studio rentals and taxes and insurance in making a tv film. B.G. Abbreviation for background. BILLBOARD The announcement at the beginning of a tv or radio show which lists the people starred or featured. BILLING '1> Name credit on the air in order of importance. <2> Amount of advertising in dollars an agency places. BIRD'S-EYE PERSPECTIVE Looking downward at a set line from approximate angle of 45 :, or looking from front. Used sometimes for effect shots, particularly with Sanner dolly. BIT Small appearance or few lines in a show, usually inserted to heighten dramatic effect or to give comic relief. Performers are referred to as "bit players." BITE-OFF To eliminate a line, a cue or a musical number while the show is in progress. BLACK LIGHT An almost invisible light used mostly in stage plays, either infra-red or ultra-violet. In tv used to illuminate scenes where normal light would interfere with other operations or for special effects. BLACK TIME-BLACK SCREEN Unlighted video screen. Time in which tv screen remains blank. BLANKOUT To reduce tv picture by out -of -focus fade, or cut volume of 'mike" and then turn it off. BLAST Momentary overloading of equipment which causes severe distortion of sight or sound. BLIMP The soundproof cover in which a motion-picture camera or projector is encased. This prevents the motor mechanisms from being picked up by sound equipment BLIZZARD HEAD Any blond. BLOCK ■ 1 I A series of similar-type programs scheduled one after another; 1 2 ' a set of consecutive time periods, or. '3i a strip of the same time on several days. BLOCKED-OUT TIME Time which is withheld from sale voluntarily by the station or network for non-commercial programs. BLOCKING ACTION Sometimes called breakdown. Preliminary working out of the basic pattern or movement and or camera shots in a show or scene, usually done by the director before the first dry run. BLOOM or BLOSSOM Glare caused by an object reflecting light into lens of camera. A hot white spot which shows dead white and causes black halations around the edges, sometimes accompanied by an optical effect of mushrooming of black. BLOOP A splice bump that causes a dull thud in sound reproduction. BLOOPER or BLOOP LIGHT Device for (1) making a hole in the sound track on a film where a splice occurs to prevent a "plop" in the sound as it passes the sound head; '2» marking film negative for later synchronizing with sound or double system kinescope: '3) see obe light ; I 4 > slang for mistake or error. Also bubu, beard or fluff. BLOW Actor forgets or stumbles on lines — blows, muffs or fluffs. BLOW-UP Photographic or photostatic enlargement of written, printed or pictorial matter in order that they may be more effectively transmitted through tv. BLUE BASE Special tv film by du Pont that when televised has superior gray scale elements. BLUE GAG An off-color joke or remark in a script. BLURB Remarks or statement handed out for publicity. BLUR PAN, or SWISH PAN, ZIP PAN ' 1 ' Effect obtained by swinging cam <** era so quickly round from one point of rest to another, that between the two the picture is blurred. (2) Device for combining two different shots, the 100 SPONSOR