Multi camera production terms

Floor ready - means that everyone in the studio is ready to film and shot so the director knows when to start the show, the floor manager is the person who gives this call

crab - this call is made by the director to the camera operators it means that the camera operator needs too move his or her camera left or right E.G. crab left

DVD ready- means that the DVD operator has set up the DVD player correctly so they no when to play the next insert . The DVD operator makes this call to the director so that he knows that the next V.T is ready to cue.


PED- this call is made by the director again to the camera operators to make them move them camera either move up or down E.G. ped up

tracking- this call is made by the director to the camera operator making them move in towards the subject in shot E.G. track in