rich Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 share some good euphemisms heard on set. or indeed in real life. i expect most of them will be to hide mistakes / operator error as there is less need to hide when things are going well. air gap finger trouble and i remember someone else writing PEBKAC (problem exists between keyboard and chair) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Sound Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 My favorite is "short between the headphones" Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 "HUB syndrome" philp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 I D 10 T error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason porter Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Awesome I D 10 T error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 "That was great. Let's do one more for safety." is a euphemism for... "I have no idea what I've got so I'm going to keep shooting as many takes as I can and hope I get something I can use." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg sextro Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 The mother/daughter shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Steigerwald Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 "There was an issue with the o-n-o-f-f discriminator.." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S Harber Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 RCH This would refer to a very small adjustment, as in the finest of hairs, in the realm of a Red C*** Hair. And no, I did not make this up. More of a camera dept thing but it makes me laugh every time. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 In post, whenever there was a client in the bay, and somebody on the intercom from the machine room was about to say something embarrassing (like "jesus, does this movie suck or what?"), I'd call out, "we're on overscan." That was code for, "shut the F up, there's studio execs in here." (And I'm embarrassed to say that's happened to me, too.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 On one movie, our DP and gaffer were total hacks, so my boom op and I would just start naming off Gene 'Hack'man movies for each terrible setup. "Boy, they sure went Mississippi Burning on this one." - etc. We still use it from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewFreedAudio Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 An apple box being called a "Grip to ground adapter" Production Sound Mixing for Television, Film, and Commercials. www.matthewfreed.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Boisvert Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 (Person appears to be ...) "A few fries short of a happy meal." In the same vein: "A few tomatoes short of a thick sauce" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 An apple box being called a "Grip to ground adapter" Production Sound Mixing for Television, Film, and Commercials. www.matthewfreed.com When used by a member of the sound department, properly referred to as a "sound to ground adaptor." When an apple box is used to gain some additional reach, it's often referred to as a "man-maker." For me, learned on 16mm, and especially 35mm documentaries (where the nervous-types really watched the footage counter) - doing the typical 'man on the street'- type interviews: (Producer/Director to the DP - And, just loud enough for the rest of us to hear ...) "Do you think the 'French filter' would help you in this light?" In other words, we weren't going to waste film on what was considered a 'courtesy' interview. So we would quickly all go through the usual routine ... but the DP never actually pulled the trigger. With video tape productions / network news, I started hearing the term "Hollywood Roll" - meaning, basically the same thing - a "courtesy" interview. (i.e. Just go through the motions.) I did a couple of long 16 mm doc projects with the same producer in the late '80's and early '90's. When she wanted to do the vanity setup, not burning any film, she would suggest that the camera department "load up some 5254 for this setup," a film stock had been discontinued in the late '70's. We've all been on those shoots that are "Gone With the Wind before lunch and Dukes of Hazard after lunch." Best regards, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard-NYNY Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 RTFM = read the f'n manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syncsound Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 "Paint isn't dry yet." - "We're still working this out, so please give us a couple moments..." To "Hollywood" something - temporarily hand-hold a flag, bounce, etc. to quickly get a shot rather than wait for a C-stand "Carbon-based stand" - boom op, or anyone "Hollywooding" something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrider Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 NFG (No F'n Good) for broken gear WFO (Wide F'n Open) a faded all the way up "We're rolling 50/50 on this one." When crew rolls without formal calls. It's for nervous talent. The interviewer starts a "pre interview" and the whole thing is over before the talent knows to be nervous. "He's outwitting himself" when someone is making simple things way too complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Mega Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 In the same vein: "A few tomatoes short of a thick sauce" Similarly, "a few sandwiches short of a picnic" Also, for people who can't organize well. "he/she can't organize a piss up in a brewery" Or "he/she can't organize a f*#k in a brothel" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berniebeaudry Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Something that goes wrong and causes a redo. The redo is the best yet. A happy accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozzafunk Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 An apple box being called a "Grip to ground adapter" Production Sound Mixing for Television, Film, and Commercials. www.matthewfreed.com Not so much a euphamism, I usually ask to borrow a 'man maker' when i need a box - Been said DFI - Different f***n idea Battery change / script / call-sheet - I find these can refer to any number of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Hayter Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 I sometimes use DFI to mean, Director's a F****n Idiot, when they suddenly change things that have already been set up! OK, DFI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 I did a couple of long 16 mm doc projects with the same producer in the late '80's and early '90's. When she wanted to do the vanity setup, not burning any film, she would suggest that the camera department "load up some 5254 for this setup," a film stock had been discontinued in the late '70's. And was 35mm stock, to boot! In my brief 5-year career as a TV cameraman, when a director wanted us to zoom in, and we were already zoomed in all the way, we'd call back "I'm outta glass!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 In my brief 5-year career as a TV cameraman, when a director wanted us to zoom in, and we were already zoomed in all the way, we'd call back "I'm outta glass!" Ha that reminds me of working at a network, occasionally a trainee camera operator would be asked to pan left. The poor nervous guy would pan tentatively to the right. The director would call, " keep goin' keep goin' keeeeep goin' till the poor guy had panned a full 363 degrees to get the right framing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 "He's probably in the washroom 'pulling focus.'" "Well, now they're just pulling each other's focus." "Probably had 'soft focus' last night." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Paine Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Maybe only Canadians and/or hockey fans would get this one. Camera guys I've been working with the last few months have a shot they call the "Bertuzzi" It's basicaly a dirty side/profile shot. We are shooting the series with 2 cameras and when the DP wants a 35mm lens on cam 1 and 50mm on camera 2, they call for "meat and potatoes" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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