A fee or allowance paid to a crewmember for providing his/her own equipment or other specialized apparatus for use in a production.

Refers to the creative elements of a production such as the writer, producer, director and actors. These are the elements that appear above a bold line in the budget thus the term above the line.

Automatic Dialog Replacement. Also known as "looping." A process of re-recording dialogue in the studio in synchronization with the picture.

The art director reports to the production designer, and more directly oversees artists and craftspeople, such as the set designer and set decorator, who carry out the production design.

Refers to the technical elements of the production staff. Literally, these are the budget elements that appeared below a bold line on a standard production budget form.

The assistant chief lighting technician or the assistant to the key grip.

The boom operator is an assistant to the production sound mixer, responsible for microphone placement and movement during filming. The boom operator uses a boom pole, a long, special piece of equipmen [..]

A form which refers to all of the scenes to be filmed and all of the personnel and equipment required for shooting on a particular day.

The camera operator sets up, moves, and operates the camera and is responsible for the audio. He or she must work with the director and producer to avoid potential problems.

The person whose job it is to set up both camera and lighting for each shot in a moving image text. The cinematographer has perhaps paramount influence over the look or tone of a shot or scene, and is [..]