Every industry has its own jargon, it is important to learn the jargon so that you can communicate easily with other crew members.  Some examples include:

‘The Talent’

This refers to anyone performing or presenting – the reason for the event. So, the talent might be a person giving a speech or someone doing a dance.   It is not meant to be judgemental.

The ‘Gig’

The ‘gig’ is the event, whether it be a wedding, a corporate event or a major musical event, it is referred to as the ‘gig’

Bump In/Bump Out

This refers to setting up and packing up of the event

Throw

Throw is the distance a projector needs to be able to project light to fit the screen.

The ‘Engineer’

The CCU (Camera Control Unit) operator is known as the ‘Engineer’

Bubble

This is industry specific jargon for a lamp, which non industry people would call a globe.

PGM

An abbreviation of program

Super

A super is a graphic overlaid on the picture.

HD

High-definition video (HDTV Video or HD video) is video of higher resolution and quality than standard-definition

4K

The current standard for HD is 1080p, measured by the number of vertical pixels. 4k measures the horizontal pixels instead. Any TV described as 4K will have a resolution of at least 3840 x 2160. The result is a picture with about 8.3 million pixels, or about four times as many as a standard HDTV.

UHD

Ultra-high-definition television (also known as Ultra HD television, Ultra HD, UHDTV, UHD and Super Hi-Vision) today includes 4K UHD and 8K UHD, which are two digital video formats with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

8K

8K resolution refers to an image or display resolution with a width of approximately 8000 pixels.8K UHD (7680 × 4320) is the highest resolution defined in the Rec. 2020 (UHDTV) standard.8K display resolution is the successor to 4K resolution.  TV manufacturers pushed to make 4K a new standard in 2017.