Multi Cam Production Terms

DVD READY -
This is when the people in the vision room call out to the director and sound to let them know that the dvd has been put to the right place and is ready to be played.

FLOOR READY -
This is when the studio is ready to start recording, so the audience are silent, all of the shots are set up and the talent is ready. It is the floor managers job to let the director know that this is happening.

SOUND READY -
The people in the sound room call this to the director and vision to let them know that the sound levels have been checked and are all ok to start the recording.

CUT -
This is when the director changes from one shot to another or switches camera, it lets the vision mixer,, and said camera operators know what is going to happen next so that the vision mixer knows where to go and the camera operator can sort out and make sure their shot is good.

e.g. camera 4 cut camera 2 cut
This tells us that the director has cut to camera 4 and then to camera 2